[10] The Police State, Propaganda and Art & Culture

history ww2

Who was in charge of the SS and Gestapo

Himmler

What powers did the Gestapo have

investigate cases of treason, sabotage and criminal attacks on the Nazis and Germany

Where did the Gestapo get their information from

tapped telephone lines and post

What was the significance of the Gestapo Law

made them above the law

Which section of the SS were responsible for the concentration camps

Death Heads unit

Why did the Nazis allow knowledge of the camps leak out into the public

scare people

Provide an example of a crime that was punishable by death under the Nazis

sex with a jew and telling an anti-Hitler joke

Why was the police state an effective form of control

scared people because of their harsh punishments

Who was the Nazi minister in charge of Propaganda

Goebbels

How did Goebbels control newspapers

negative stories about Jews only showed positive things about Nazis

Why did the Nazis develop the ‘People’s Receiver’

more affordable than radios and had Nazi stations only

What was banned from radio broadcast

foreign programmes

What did mass rallies demonstrate

Nazi greatness in organisation

By 1938, how many people were attending the Nuremburg Rallies

1 million

Provide an example of a Nazi approved film AND the ideas it promoted

The Eternal Jew vilified Jews comparing them to rats

What was the Chamber of Culture

Nazi organisation led by Goebbels where all musicians writers and artists had to join

How did Hitler respond to ‘degenerate’ art or artists

6,500 works of art removed from display in Germany

What did the Nazis do to un-German books in May 1933

ceremonially burned thousands of books in 1933

How were the 1936 Olympic Games an opportunity to promote Germany

show off advanced technology and hoped to show superiority of Aryan race but a black American Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals