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How did the Nazis keep control?
- SS State
- The SS was formed in 1925 to act as a bodyguard
for Hitler. After the night of the long knives, the
SS became responsible for the removal of all
opposition to the Nazis
- The gestapo was set up in 1933 and could
arrest and imprison those suspected o
opposing the state
- Youth
- Teachers had to swear an oath of loyalty to
Hitler and join the Nazi teachers league.
Lessons began and ended with "Heil Hitler". In
each lesson, even maths, Nazi issues were
included
- Boys joined the Hitler youth and
took part in military exercises
whilst girls joined the League of
german maidens and learnt
about motherhood
- All other youth
clubs were
banned
- Church
- Protestant
- In 1933 they set up the
Emergency League for those
who opposed Hitler
- Many supported Hitler
- Niemoller
was
arrested
- Catholic
- Hitler broke theconcordat and priests were
harassed and arrested.
- Catholic schools and youth
groups were closed down
- In 1937 Pope Pius XI made his
famous statement "with burning
anxiety"
- Economy
- Strength through joy sponsered a
wide range of leisure and cultural
trips including cruises
- 26 million marks were spent on
rearmaments and 37.1 billion marks were
invested in works created schemes
- Unemployment was zero by 1939
- However this did not include Jews dismissed
from jobs or opponents held in concentration
camps
- 7,000 km of autobahns were buillt
- RAD workers lived in camps and
received low pay
- Trade unions had been banned so
workers were controlled by the
Nazis
- By 1939 Germany was going bankrupt
- Propaganda
- Propaganda was controlled
by Josef Goebbels
- He made sure that all
Jewish books were burnt
- Non nazi
newspapers
were closed
down
- No modern
art of jazz
music was
allowed
- People enjoyed
taking part in
rallies
- Radio stations were
controlled by the
Nazis
- Women
- The Nazis expected women to:
Not wear makeup, Was blonde,
heavy hipped and athletic, wore
flat shoes and a full skirt, did not
smoke or go out to work, cooked
and cleaned at home
- On Hitlers mothers
birthday medals were
awarded to women with
large families
- By 1939 there
were fewer
women working
than there had
been under the
Weimar repulic
- When men went out to
join the army , women
were needed to work
- Women were encouraged to keep
healthy and wear their hair in a bun
or plaits