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1
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What were goebbels 2 main tasks?

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  • ensure nobody in Germany could see or hear anything that goes against nazi party views
  • ensure that nazi party views were portrayed in the most persuasive ways possible
2
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Who did goebbels have to work with?

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The SS, the gestapo (hitlers secret police) and Albert Speer

3
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What did the SS and the gestapo deal with?

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People who wrote anti nazi articles

4
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What did Albert Speer do?

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Worked personally with goebbels to create public displays of propaganda

5
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When was the reich chamber of commerce set up?

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1933

6
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What was the reich chamber of commerce?

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The nazi organisation of art, literature, music, radio, film and newspaper

7
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What was the nazis new censorship regime?

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You could only hear or see what the nazis wanted you to hear or see

8
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What happened to people who belonged to different parties?

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They went to concentration camps

9
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What happened to hitler in January 1933?

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Hitler was appointed chancellor

10
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What happened in February 1933?

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The reichstag fire which creates an emergency

11
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How many % of votes does the nazi party win in March 1933?

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52% of votes

12
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When does hitler pass the enabling act?

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March 1933

13
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How does hitler pass the enabling act?

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Using article 48

14
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What happens in July 1933?

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The law passes against the formation of new parties, Germany becomes a one party state

15
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What happened in June 1934?

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The night of the long knives

16
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When does Hindenburg die?

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August 1934

17
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Who is the army personally loyal to?

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Hitler

18
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Who did hitler appoint as the minister of propaganda?

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Joseph Goebbels

19
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Name 3 causes of the night of the long knives

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  • hitler feared that Ernst röhm and the SA were becoming too powerful and would overthrow him, leaving him defenceless
  • he didn’t want his election campaign funders to see him as weak
  • finally defeat all of his other opponents
20
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Who led the SA?

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Ernst Röhm

21
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Who led the SS?

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Himmler

22
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Who led the gestapo?

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Goering

23
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What was the night of the long knives?

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When hitler ordered the SS and the gestapo to execute the SA and anyone who could overthrow hitler, like kurt von schleicher (who proceeded him as chancellor) and von kahr (who betrayed him in the Munich putsch)

24
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How many people were executed in the night of the long knives?

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400

25
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What did hitler blame their executions on in the night of the long knives?

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They were homosexual

26
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Name 5 consequences of the night of the long knives

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  • people were loyal to hitler as they were scared of him
  • hitler showed everyone he was the boss
  • hitler no longer had any enemies
  • the SA were never as powerful again
  • hitler had a new reputation as a strong leader
27
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When was the law against the formation of new parties?

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July 1933

27
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When was the night of the long knives?

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June 1934

28
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When does hitler become the fuhrer?

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August 1934