New elections; an attempt for the Nazis to gain a majority in the Reichstag
3 of 55
How many Nazis are awarded seats in the new elections?
44%. this is still not enough for a majority
4 of 55
22nd March 1933
Dachau Concentration camp in Munich is opened
5 of 55
23rd March 1933
Passing of the enabling act
6 of 55
2nd May 1933
Trade unions are banned
7 of 55
14 July 1933
All other political parties banned. Germany is now a one party state.
8 of 55
20th July 1933
Concordat with the Catholic Church. Nazis will not interfere with the Church & the Church will not get involved with politics, so the Centre party voluntarily disband
9 of 55
29th May 1934
Confessional Church established
10 of 55
30th June 1934
Night of the Long Knives
11 of 55
2nd August 1934
Death of Hindenburg. Hitler declares himself 'Der Führer' and has the army swear an oath of loyalty to him.
12 of 55
16th March 1935
Re-introduction of conscription
13 of 55
15th September 1935
Nuremberg race laws. Rally attended by around 30,000 people
14 of 55
Summer 1936
Berlin Olympics. The Stadium can hold 110,000 spectators and is the biggest in the world
15 of 55
9th September 1936
Introduction of the 4 year plan
16 of 55
1st December 1936
Law for the incorporation of German youth
17 of 55
14th March 1937
Issue of Papal encyclical 'With Burning Grief' criticised the breaking of the concordat and the racism in Nazi ideology
18 of 55
12th March 1938
Anschluss with Austria
19 of 55
30th September 1938
Signing of the Munich agreement. Sudetenland is given to Germany
20 of 55
9th November 1938
Kristallnacht.
21 of 55
15th March 1939
Occupation of the rest of Czechslovakia
22 of 55
25th March 1939
Membership of HJ made compulsory
23 of 55
23rd August 1939
Nazi Soviet pact. Russia and Germany agree not to invade each other
24 of 55
1st September 1939
Germany invades Poland
25 of 55
3rd September 1939
France and Britain declare war on Germany
26 of 55
22nd June 1941
Operation Barbarossa - Germany invades Russia
27 of 55
3rd August 1941
Von Galen's sermon against euthanasia
28 of 55
December 1941
German forces halted outside Moscow
29 of 55
11th December 1941
Germany declares war on USA
30 of 55
20th Jan 1942
'Final solution' of the Jewish problem agreed.
31 of 55
31st January 1943
German surrender at Stalingrad
32 of 55
18th Feb 1943
Goebbels 'total war' speech
33 of 55
20th July 1944
Stauffenberg bomb plot
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30th April 1945
Hitler commits suicide
35 of 55
7th May 1945
German surrender.
36 of 55
1933
Founding of 'The Ministry of Propaganda and Enlightenment'
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The Number of households that owned a radio by 1939
70%. This was because at 35RM a unit, they were so cheap. (This is why Goebbels had them mass produced)
38 of 55
The amount of raw materials still being imported in 1939
1/3. Germany failed to achieve autarky even by the end of the war
39 of 55
Amount of teachers who had joined the National socialist teacher's league by 1937
97%
40 of 55
The amount of curriculum time allocated to PE
15% (2 hours per day on average)
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How many teachers were purged as a result of the law for the restoration of civil service in 1933
1200
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German Labour front (DAF) membership 1933 - 1939
5 million - 22 million
43 of 55
The size of the working population
around 44% (The largest group)
44 of 55
The amount of films produced that were directly political
14%.
45 of 55
Goebbel's argument in 1934
"Propaganda was our sharpest weapon in conquering the state, and remains our sharpest weapon in maintaining and building up that state"
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The reason the working class were least impressed by the 'economic miracle'
Wages rose only 1% by 1939 whilst working hours increased
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The amount of the population in agriculture by 1933
29%
48 of 55
The increase in farmer's income between 1933 and 1936
41%
49 of 55
The amount of farms that came under entailed farm law
20%
50 of 55
Number of people in protective custody by 1939
162,000
51 of 55
Number of people convicted for treason in 1935
5,000
52 of 55
size of the female workforce by 1939
27%
53 of 55
Amount of German casualties on the Eastern front
95%
54 of 55
Amount of homes destroyed by allied bombs
2 million
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Rechstag fire
Back
27th Feb 1933
Card 3
Front
New elections; an attempt for the Nazis to gain a majority in the Reichstag
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