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Germany 1933-45 (IGCSE Edexcel History 9-1)
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In depth, detailed notes covering events in Germany , encompassing Germany after (but not including) the death of President Hindenburg to the end of World War Two. Events include life in Nazi Germany before and during World War Two, such as the persecution of the Jews, the creation of the Nazi poli...

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Germany 1933-1945




• Life in Nazi Germany:
• Nazi totalitarian control
• The creation of the police state
• Propaganda
• The Nazi youth movements
• Schools and education
• Women
• Churches
• Nazi economic policy
• Nazi Jewish policy
• The Home Front
• Opposition to Hitler
• Reasons why Germany lost the War

, Germany 1933-1945 - Life in Nazi Germany


Nazi totalitarian control
• Cultural
◦Festivals took place when Hitler visited.
◦National status, sense of belonging/togetherness.
◦Food was rationed (eg butter, cream).
◦Jews were victimised.
• Intellectual
◦Books w/ anti-Nazi ideas were burnt.
◦German papers censored bad publicity (sugar coating) - only foreign news told of bad
Nazi news.
◦Hitler remilitarised army, reintroduced conscription + marched into Rhineland (overturned
Treaty).
◦Built submarines/planes + trained bombers in secret in Russia/Spain.
◦Hitler convinced the people that war would make Germany great.
◦University students deserted their professors.
◦Propaganda.
• Economic
◦Hitler decreased unemployment (2 million unemployed by 1936).
◦Work camps set up for young men (seemed to enjoy it, included singing).
◦Hitler made people believe work could be enjoyable.
◦Small businesses failed.
• Social
◦Some people taken by Nazis to be “re-educated”.
◦Concentration camps set up to punish people who opposed Nazi ideas.
‣ Gestapo carried out these arrests.
◦People turned each other in to the Gestapo -> hostile environment, public mistrust.
◦Jews victimised/humiliated.
◦People forced to join the Nazi party to ensure jobs/pensions.


The creation of the police state
• The SS
◦Black uniform + silver badge (distinguish them from other uniformed Nazis).
◦1933-35: Himmler dismissed 60 000 members for being homosexuals/alcoholics/“morally
corrupt”.
◦Under Himmler, SS grew to 100 000s.
◦Could arrest anyone they wanted + detain/execute them w/o trial.
◦Responsible for identifying/arresting political prisoners.
• The Gestapo
◦Could search anyone’s home.
◦Appointed local block wardens to watch neighbours + report suspicious activity.
◦By 1942, Gestapo had ~30 000 officers.
◦Heavily relied on ordinary people (at least 1/2 of all investigations came about b/c of
information provided by ordinary people).

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