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Germany paper 2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - On the week before the election , on the 27th of February , there was a great fire in the Reichstag.
      - Marianus Vander lube , a well known communist , was arrested and charged for the crime. Hitler used it as an opportunity to crack down on communism.
      - Hitler persuaded Paul von Hindenburg to give him emergency powers. All communist news papers were band and the main rival to Hitler , the communists , were barred from the elections.
      - Nazi seats increased to 288 but were not enough to win a majority as they only possesed 44% of the vote.
    - - Hitler formed a coalition with the nationalist party
      - On the 23 of march the enabling act was passed.
      - It stated that communists could not vote , anyone not present was voting in favor of the bill and SA members intimidated members as they entered.
      - With the new found power , Hitler banned all trade unions , opposition and put Nazi's in prominent positions.
      - He could make new laws for 4 years.
    - - Rohm , the leader of the SA was his biggest opponent, He proposed the idea that the military should be ran by the SA. This abhor everyone who viewed them as ruthless thugs.
      - Hitler had gained control of Germany and now needed to keep control of it. He needed to eliminate any threats.
      - On the 30th of June , 400 major SA leaders were shot by the SS. Hitler used this event to berid himself of any enemies he had , including Von Schlaker.
      - The army was made to make an oath to Hiter , not to the state.
    - - Following the death of Hindenburg , Hitler assumed the position of Fureh ; gaining total control of Germany.
  - - - Medals and other financial and non financial incentives like loans and medals of honor were given.
    - - Women were discouraged to ware markup.
    - - 1000 marks were leant ; depending on each child , they wouldn't need to pay back 250 marks.
  - - - Hitler Youth
        
        Boys trained to be soldiers , trained with weapons , camped and marched.
        
        In 19399 , membership to the Hitler Youth became compulsory. About 7.5 million accepted and 1 million refused.
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        Gris trained to be good mothers , domestic wives and kept their bodies fit.
    - - A new curriculum was devised. Math's questions promoted messages of war and getting rid of minorities. In history , they leant about the Nazi party and in geography , focused on Greater Germany. In biology , they learnt about the Arian prance and it's supposed brilliance.
      - Books were re written to make the Jews look abhorrent and glorify the Nazi party.
      - PE lessons were made for everyone.
  - - - Gorbals , the propaganda minister , made sure that people were bombarded with information to reinforce their support of Nazism.
      - Hitler made regular speeches on the radio and demanded that people know how the Nazi's are improving Germany.
        
        Cheap Radios were sold.
      - Rallies were used.
      - The 1936 Olympic was a propaganda movement for Nazi Germany.
      - News papers were banned and sensored.
      - Hitler created a cult of the Furer whereby he positioned himself as the savior of Germany. His image was used very carefully with ; with him serving Germany.
    - - Concentration camps were created by anyone that went against Nazism.
      - The gustapo , secret police , was set uo and would go around to see if people were loyal to the Nazis
        
        The legal system was controlled by the Nazis. All judges had to become members of the Nazi party.
        
        Germany was divided into tiny blocks , about 30-40 houses. Each house was keep an eye of other families and tell the gustapo.
        
        Children in the youth were told to spy of their parents.
        
        People were scared :. :
- - - - The edelweiss prates were a movement amongst the working class youth. They often beat up members of the Hitler youth and during the war , they distributed leaflets made by the allies. Their demise came after the Gestapo found this out and began to execute them.
      - The swing youth were a movement made up of middleclass children who were into jazz and other music from America. They allowed Jews to join them. In seeing this , the Nazi's cracked down on them.
      - The white rose movement was lead by Sophie and Hans Scholl. They distributed leaflets that discouraged Nazism. Their activities were reported to the Gestapo and they were publicly hanged.
    - - Following the creation of the Reich church , many protestants were outraged. This caused the formation of the confessional church which was very anti Nazi. Many of its leaders were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemoller were one of these people.
    - - The military opposed Hitler through the july bomb plot. Two assaisination attempts had failed prior to 1943 and now they needed to overcome Hitler. On the 20th july , 1944 , Count von Stauffenburg attempted to assasinate hitler with a bomb hidden in his suitcase. The asasination attempt failed. However , it killed 4 people and resulted in the killing of 5,745 people whom Hitler deemed to be involved.