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Key topic 3: Life in Nazi Germany - Coggle Diagram
Key topic 3: Life in Nazi Germany
political control
gleichshaltung
Nazi policiy whic was the measure taken to try and ensure
EVERY
aspect of people's lives were controlled.
trade unions were banned
replaced with German Labour Front
everyone who worked had to join
couldn't oppose or strike
opposition would be sent to concentration camps
eg: Dachau
the enabling act alongside the law against the formation of parties to end political opposition
November 1933 elections
only Nazi candiadates
95% voted for the Nazis
because they were the only party option
3 million ballot papers were spoiled/ destroyed
By 1939 about 5% were members of the Nazi party
Police state
instilled fear into people
Gestapo
small numbers however the intimidation of them being anywhere caused fear
secret police
SS
high skill levels
Hitler's body guard
SA
On the streets
delt with mundane problems similar to the normal police force
concentration camps
who might be sent to concentration camps
Jews
Disabled
gypsies
forgeiners
worker opposition
religious groups
political opposition
How many people were sent to concentration camps
1.3 million (excluding Jews)
Law courts
National Socialist Leauge for the Maintenance of the Law controlled the law courts
there was a leauge for judges to join
However it was thought that people tended to join for the chance of a promotion rather than to support the Nazis
Propaganda
Led by Goebbels
How was propaganda spread?
rallys
radio
found in 70% of German homes
The Nazi's made them cheap for people to have
impossible to listen to radios from outside Germany
cinema
speeches
newspapers
newspapers
1,600 non- nazi papers were shut down
removing opposition removes freedom of speech
Opposition groups
Youth groups
Edelweiss pirates
working class children in citites
listened to swing and jazz
wore checked shorts, dark trousers and white socks
beat up members of the
Hitler youth
and did anti-Nazi graffiti
Swing youth
middle class youth rebels
Church
German faith movement
1935
tried to weaken the hold of christianity in Germany
by creating a new religion which 5% of people joined
Protestants
Pastor Miemoller opposed Hitler and openly spoke. This led to him to be send to a concentration camp
Catholic
the Pope wrote a letter called 'with burning anxiety' which criticiesed the Nazi's.
German priests read it to their congregations
this led to the Nazi party to burn crosses and remove crosses form catholic schools (which caused huge outcries)