1945 5. Nazi Control

History Knowledge Organiser Germany 1890 - 1945 5. Nazi Control Key individuals Propaganda Terror Rewards Heinrich Himmler - Head From the word ‘propagate’ meaning to The police state was organised and The problem of unemployment was of the SS. dealt with making many people happy. spread information and ideas. Joseph used terror to keep people in control. Joseph Goebbels - Beauty of Labour movement - improved Minister of Enlightenment Goebbels was in charge of persuading All police forces were under the Germans to believe Nazi ideas. working conditions. and Propaganda. control of Himmler as Head of the SS. Key messages were repeated including Strength Through Joy organised leisure Leni Riefenstahl - film The SS - were originally Hitler’s activities including choirs, camps, maker Triumph of the Will. ● blaming the Jews for problems ● criticising the Treaty of Versailles bodyguards and were the most feared cheap holidays and cinema tickets. August Landmesser - Workers could save up for their own VW ● make Germany great again organisation in the country. They Jewish family, Beetle although nobody ever received photographed refusing to Methods Newspapers - only showed included the Waffen SS and the Nazis doing good things. Negative one. do the Nazi salute. Death’s Head Units that ran the sources about Jews. Newspapers were The Mutterkreuz - reward for women Hans and Sophie Scholl - concentration and death camps. who had 4 children - bronze, 6 - silver leaders of the White Rose censored and shut down. The regular police and law courts - or 8 - gold. This was linked to the 100 resistance group. Mass rallies - huge parades and rallies. Special arenas were built that could ignored crimes committed by the mark marriage loan which you kept 250 Executed in 1943. marks for each child you had. Colonel Claus von hold half a million people. They had Nazis and they had all the top jobs. Stauffenberg - part of the choirs, bands and listened to speeches. New laws meant the death penalty Hitler was an engaging public speaker July Bomb Plot. could be given for telling an anti- that could whip up an audience into a Resistance and Hitler joke, having sex with a Jew or fenzy. opposition Key dates Films - were controlled with Nazis listening to foreign radio. shown in a good way and their 1925 SS The Gestapo - the secret police. They Many Germans were uncomfortable with ‘enemies’ in a bad way. Leni Riefenstahl spied on people they thought might what the Nazis were doing and moaned or (Schutzstaffel) or filmed the Olympics and made other be a threat tapping phones and grumbled but even this could be black shirts set films. opening mail. They could arrest, dangerous. Some used passive resistance up Radio - cheap radios were used to put refusing to do as they were told. Others across Nazi messages with torture and imprison without a trial. were more openly defiant such as youth 1936 Berlin Olympics loudspeakers in the streets. They had a network of informers, groups including the Swing Movement, used as Books - were censored and book encouraged children to inform on Edelweiss Pirates and the White Rose. The burning rallies burnt Jewish, Communist propaganda parents and teachers. Kreisau Circle also tried to eliminate Hitler. and other unapproved authors. They failed and ever executed. 1943 Hans and Sophie Scholl executed KEY VOCABULARY/ TERMS - Tier 3 1944 Failed July Bomb Concentration camps, SS - Schutzstaffel, Gestapo, Propaganda, censorship, newspapers, radio, Plot rallies, films, resistance, opposition, White Rose, Swing Movement, Edelweiss Pirates, assassinate. History Knowledge Organiser Germany 1890 - 1945 5. Nazi Control 4. Describe… 4 marks ● Describe two ways the Nazis spread their messages. ● Describe two ways the Nazis kept control in Germany. ● Describe two example of opposition of the Nazis. 5. In what way… 8 marks ● In what ways would the behaviour of ordinary Germans be affected by the police state? Explain your answer. ● In what ways were art and culture used by the Nazis? Explain your answer. 6. Bullet point question 12 marks ● Which of the following was the more important reason why resistance and opposition to Hitler was not effective: ○ the strength of the Nazi police state ○ the weaknesses of the protesters? Explain your answer with reference to both reasons. KEY VOCABULARY/ TERMS - Tier 2. Try to use these when answering exam questions. authority, available, benefit, create, economy, environment, identify, involve, legal, lagislate, method, policy, affect, complex, conclude, feature, final, impact, maintain, participate, previous, restrict, select, coordinate, constrain, dominate, ensure, justify, attitude, communicate, contrast, implement, investigate, job, option, regime, subsequent, overall, enforce, monitor, objective, pursue, discriminate, hierarchy, isolate, media, prohibit, publication, transmit, conform, detect, manipulate, military..

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