Karteikarten
Key Terms for Germany 1918 - 1945
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- 1Aryan RaceThe term used by racial theorists, including the Nazis, to describe the race to which non- Jewish Germans belonged.
- 2Anschluss(The union) the takeover of Austria by Germany in March 1938.
- 3AutarkyEconomic independence or self-sufficiency.
- 4Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM)League of German Girls - The female equivalent of Hitler Youth. Membership became compulsory in 1939.
- 5DiktatAn order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent.
- 6Einsatgruppen'Special Groups' - temporary units comprised of the police and regular troops commanded by the Gestapo, the SD and the Criminal Police.
- 7EugenicsThe theory that a race or group of people could be genetically improved through selective breeding.
- 8FreikorpsA volunteer force setup at the end of 1918 consisting of demobilised junior army officers and NCOs as well as students, adventurers and drifters.
- 9GauleiterA Nazi party leader at regional or state level.
- 10GestapoSecret State Police established by Herman Goering; depended on information supplied by informants.
- 11Gleichschaltung'Forcing into line', the process through which the Nazis attempted to control or 'coordinate' all aspects of German society.
- 12Hitler Jugend (HJ)Hitler Youth - created in 1926 for boys aged 14-18 years; compulsory membership introduced in 1939.
- 13JungvolkThe section of the Hitler Youth that was for boys aged 10-14 years.
- 14Kdf (Kraft durch Freude)Means 'strength through joy' - a movement set up by Robert Ley and the DAF to organise workers' leisure times.
- 15LebensraumMeans 'Living space', a concept by which Hitler justified his plans to take over territory to the east of Germany.
- 16Lock outAn action taken by an employer to stop workers doing their jobs until they agree to the employer's terms and conditions.
- 17MittelstandMeans 'middle rank'; a large but diverse social group including small farmers, small shopkeepers and artisans.
- 18PlebisciteA direct vote on an important political or constitutional issue, similar to a referendum.
- 19PogromAn organised massacre of an ethnic group.
- 20PutschA coup or violent attempt to overthrow a government (aka Munich Putsch).
- 21Red-Front Fighters' LeagueThe paramilitary arm of the KPD party; established in 1924, under the leadership of Ernst Thälmann, and engaged in street battles with the SA, the police and the other right-wing paramilitary groups.
- 22Reichkristallnacht'Night of the Long Knives', occurred on 9-10 Nov 1938, when Jewish homes and businesses were looted and vandalised, synagogues set ablaze and thousands of Jews were arrested, beaten and killed.
- 23ReichstagElected lower house of the German Government.
- 24ReichswehrGerman Army.
- 25Slav PeoplesA very diverse ethnic group that includes Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Croats, Serbs and Slovenes, living mainly in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 26SopadeReports produced by agents of the banned SPD to inform the exiled party leadership about the situation in Germany.
- 27SchutztaffelThe SS, Hitler's personal bodyguard - created 1926.
- 28Stahlhelm(Steel Helmets) - a paramilitary organisation of ex-servicemen dedicated to the restoration of the monarchy and the revival of Germany as a military power, which took its name from the steel helmets issued to German Soldiers in WW1.
- 29StormtroopersCalled the SA, the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, led by Ernst Röhm.
- 30Third ReichThis term (Third Empire) is used to describe the their regime from 1933 to 1945, the Nazis were asserting that it was the successor to the First Reich.
- 31Total WarA term used to describe a conflict in which a combatant state mobilises its entire population and all of its material resources to participate in the war effort.
- 32UntermenschenMeans 'sub-humans', and was used by the Nazis to describe those whom they considered to be racially inferior. This included Jews, Gypsies and people of the Slav race.
- 33VolksgemeinschaftThe concept of a 'people's community'; it was a key element in Nazi ideology.
- 34VolkssturmFounded on Hitler's orders, the Volkssturm was intended to be a force of six million members, although this was never achieved.
- 35Waffen SSThe military wing of the SS.
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- A list of key terms, mostly taken from the Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945 Textbook.
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