Modern Authority 1917-1946

Mothods used by Nazis to spread their idealogy

🔹 Propaganda – Controlled by Goebbels; used media, posters, films, and rallies to promote Nazi ideas.

🔹 Censorship – Banned opposition and unapproved material; book burnings in 1933.

🔹 Education & Youth Groups – Schools taught Nazi beliefs; Hitler Youth indoctrinated children.

🔹 Cult of Hitler – Glorified Hitler as a heroic, father-like leader.

🔹 Anti-Semitic Messaging – Spread hatred through laws (e.g. Nuremberg Laws) and media (e.g. Der Stürmer).

impact of Hitler’s dictatorship on German society between 1933 and 1939?

🔹 Political Control

• One-party state: Nazis banned all opposition.

• Enabling Act (1933): Gave Hitler absolute power.

• Gestapo and SS suppressed dissent.

🔹 Youth Indoctrination

• Hitler Youth & League of German Girls compulsory.

• Curriculum focused on Nazi ideology and obedience.

🔹 Women’s Roles

• Encouraged to leave work, focus on Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church).

• Financial incentives to have children (e.g. Mother’s Cross).

🔹 Persecution of Minorities

• Jews, Roma, disabled, and others faced exclusion and violence.

• 1935 Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of citizenship.

• Kristallnacht (1938): Widespread attacks on Jewish homes and businesses.

Compare the territorial ambitions of Germany in Europe with those of Japan in the Asia−Pacific.

Germany (Europe)

Aimed to unite all German-speaking people (Grossdeutschland). Japan (Asia-Pacific) Sought to create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Both used militarism and racial ideologies to justify expansion.

Germany focused on Europe; Japan focused on Asia-Pacific.

Both aimed to dominate their regions and gain economic self-sufficiency.

Explain the relationship between the Treaty of Versailles and the rise of dictators after World War I.

🔹 Harsh penalties on Germany — war guilt clause, reparations, territorial losses, and military restrictions caused national resentment.
🔹 Economic hardship — reparations and loss of resources led to hyperinflation and unemployment, especially in Germany.
🔹 Weakened democratic governments — the Treaty undermined the credibility of new democracies like the Weimar Republic.
🔹 Rise of extremist parties — Hitler (Germany) and Mussolini (Italy) gained support by promising to reverse the Treaty's effects and restore national pride.