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| Question | Answer |
| What was Gleichschaltung? | the coordination - bringing into line - of different elements of German life |
| By what % did the KPD vote increase by in the 1933 elections? | 14.3% to 16.9% |
| What was the emergency decree and when? | 28th Feb the Protection of People and State |
| Where and when was the first concentration camp set up and who for? | 22 March Dachau to house political opponents |
| Name 3 things which occurred due to Gleichschaltung | Civil servants joined the party Women's groups were reformed as parts of the Nazi Women's Front Business communities disbanded representative institutions and created Reich Corporation of Germany Industry |
| Who was appointed Defence Minister in 1933? | General von Bloomberg |
| What did Rohm do in June 1933? | Published a newspaper article and treated that the struggle would continue = direct challenge to Hitler's leadership |
| How many member of the SA were there by 1934? | 2.5 million |
| When and under who were the SD formed? | Heydrich 1931 |
| What was Operation Hummingbird? | Purge of June 30 (Night of the Long Knives) |
| What was The Marburg Speech? | Speech by von Papen (and his conservative circle) directly challenging the regime so far |
| How many were killed during NOLK; name 3? | approx 200 including Strasser, von Schleicher and von Bose |
| How did Hitler justify the murders of so many political leaders in June? | with the Law Concerning Measures for the Defence of the State made murderous behaviour legal as long as in self defence |
| When did Hindenburg die? | August 2 1934 |
| How many voted yes in the suggestion as Hitler for Fuhrer? | 89.9% |
| When was Himmler appointed Inspector of the Gestapo? | April 1934 |
| When was the German Quarrying Company (DEST) set up and why? | 1938 to exploit the labour of the camps' prisoners |
| How many members were there in the Gestapo? | 32,000 |
| How many Gestapo officers were there in Hanover in 1935? | 42 |
| How many informers were there in Saarbrucken in 1939? | 50 |
| How many cases of Slander in Saarbrucken were reported by denunciation in comparison to Gestapo investigation? | 87.5% to 8% |
| What is Resistenz? | Dissent and non-conformity to the regime |
| Example of Resistenz | Women wearing make-uo |
| Was was Loyal Reluctance? | Unqualified and widespread consent (not particularly supportive of the regime but not rebelling) |
| How much did Industrial accidents, illnesses and absenteeism increase between 1936 and 1939? | x2 |
| How many communists were arrested in the wake of the Reichstag Fire in 1933? | 10,000 |
| How many communist leaflets did authorities seize in 1932? | 1.25 millions |
| Name the communist newspaper still distributed up to 1935? | Rote Fahne (Red Flag) |
| Which party leaders set up Sopade, where from and why? | SDP from Prague to keep links with socialists in Germany |
| Name two of director Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda films | Triumph of the Will (1935) Olympia (1938) |
| When was state press agency the DNB set up? | December 1933 |
| How many copies of Nazi newspaper Volkischer Beobachter were sold each edition? | 2 million |
| How many households owned a radio in the 1930's? | 4.5 million out of 20 million |
| How many Germans could the Nazis broadcast to by 1939? | 16 million |
| How much did the 'People's Radio cost? | 35 marks |
| How did Hitler help solve the unemployment issue? | Extended Papen/Schleicher's work schemes in 1932-33 by the Law to Reduce Unemployment of June 1933 |
| How much money was invested in work creation schemes 1932-1935? | 5 billions Reichsmarks |
| What schemes put thousands back in to work? | The Labour Service and Emergency Relief Schemes |
| When was the Reich Food Estate created? | September 1933 |
| What was reintroduced in in 1935 and what impact did this have? | Conscription, reduced unemolyment |
| What did the regime launch in 1934/5 to increase grin production and why did it fail? | 'Battle for Production' lack of new machinery and labour and poor harvests |
| When was Schacht appointed President of the Reichsbank? | May 1933 |
| What was one of Schachts first acts and why? | Increase state control of foreign trade and make it independent of the international currency system to decrease reliance on foreign-capital |
| What was Schacht made in Summer of 1934? | Minister of Economics |
| What were Mefo Bills? | bills issued by the government as payment for goods, they were held by investors or banks and could either be exchanged for cash or held for up to 5 years earning 4% interest a year |
| How many jobs were created in 1933? | 6 milion |
| What was the working class unemployment rate in 1933 in comparison to 1936? | 25.9% 7.4% |
| When did Schacht resign? | 1937 |
| How many trade unions were under Nazi control May 1933? | 169 |
| When was the German Labour Front (DAF) created and by who? | Ley 1933 May 10 |
| What organisations did Ley set up in order to persuade employers to improve working conditions? | Beauty of Labour |
| How did Beauty of Labour help to improve working conditions? | Highlighted the benefits of good ventilation, better lighting and cleanliness |
| What did Strength through Joy offer? | reward loyal workers with evening classes, recitals, art exhibitions, theatre trips, sporting competitions, and package holidays |
| How many workers had enjoyed state financed holidays by 1938? | 10 million (1/3 of the workforce) |
| Name two examples of mass-produced consumer goods | Volkswagen ('people's car') and 'people's radio' |
| How much was the army expanded by in 1935? | 500,000 |
| What to events undermined the Treaty of Versailles? | The Saar Plebiscite 1935 and reoccupation of the Rhineland 1936 |
| What did Hitler state his aims were at the Hossbach Conference 1937? | to gain Lebensraum |
| Which two army officers were sceptical about Hitler's foreign policy aims? | Reich War Minister von Bloomberg and Commander-in-Chief Fritsch |
| Why was von Bloomberg sacked? | Gestapo rumour that his new wife had been a prostitue |
| Why was Fritsch put on military trial? | 2 years previous there had been rumours that he had been involved with a rent boy |
| What id Hitler do on Jan 27? | took control over leadership of the army himself and decided against appointing a successor for Blomberg |
| How many generals were removed from their post due to lack of loyalty after the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair? | 12 |
| What Generals plotted to oust Hitler before troops were mobilised to occupy Sudetenland? | Generals Beck and Halder |
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