The Nazi Regime (a) How Effectively Did The Nazis Control Germany, 1933–45?
Overview
By 1934 Hitler ruled Germany alone, but ruling a country and controlling its people are not the same thing. How do you make sixty million people obey, cheer and inform on each other? The Nazis answered with a twin strategy: terror through the secret police and the concentration camp, and persuasion through relentless propaganda, censorship and the schooling of the young. For some Germans it brought jobs and pride; for others it brought fear, prison or death.
This lesson examines how effectively the Nazis controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. You will study the police state and propaganda machine, the control of education, youth, women and the churches, the persecution of Jews and other groups, the opposition that did exist, and how total war changed everyday life. The goal is a balanced judgement of just how complete that control really was.
Objectives
- How much opposition was there to the Nazi regime?
- How effectively did the Nazis deal with their political opponents?
- How did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control the people?
- Why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German society?
- Was Nazi Germany a totalitarian state?
- How did young people react to the Nazi regime?
- How successful were Nazi policies towards women and the family?
- Did most people in Germany benefit from Nazi rule?
- How did the coming of war change life in Nazi Germany?
- The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the Republic
- The Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it
- The Weimar Constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army
- Political disorder, 1919-23: - threats from the left and the right - economic crises and hyper-inflation - the occupation of the Ruhr
- The Stresemann era: - economic achievements - foreign policy achievements
- Cultural achievements of the Weimar period
- The early years of the Nazi Party: - Nazi ideas and methods - the Munich Putsch - the roles of Hitler and other Nazi leaders
- The impact of the Depression on Germany: - political, economic and social crisis of 1930-33 - reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power - Hitler takes power - the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933
- Nazi rule in Germany: - the Enabling Act - the Night of the Long Knives - the death of Hindenburg - the removal of opposition - methods of control and repression - use of culture and the mass media
- Economic policy including rearmament
- Different experiences of Nazi rule: - women and young people - anti-Semitism - persecution of minorities - opposition to Nazi rule
- Impact of the Second World War on Germany: - the conversion to a war economy - the Final Solution
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- What was the name of the Nazi secret police? A. The SA B. The Gestapo C. The Freikorps D. The Reichstag Answer: B
- Who was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda? A. Heinrich Himmler B. Ernst Rohm C. Joseph Goebbels D. Franz von Papen Answer: C
- What did the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 do? A. Banned all churches B. Stripped Jews of German citizenship C. Ended unemployment D. Created the Hitler Youth Answer: B
- Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, took place in: A. 1933 B. 1935 C. 1938 D. 1942 Answer: C
- Which of these was a group that opposed the Nazi regime? A. The Hitler Youth B. The SS C. The White Rose D. The Gestapo Answer: C
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