Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939

Aims of police state
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Aims of police state
To inflict racial separation and terror on members of the public who were not Aryan
Police State (methods) 3
Could arrest without trial and search homes without a warrant.
Anyone who showed opposition was placed in a concentration camp
Police state (impact) 4
Freedom of speech is eliminated, therefore eliminating potential opposition.
Over 200,000 in prison
6 concentration camps
Around 30,000 Gestapo
Religion (aims)
Take over + use Christianity to project Nazi ideals and establish control
Religion (method)
- Introducing Nazi traditions into church services
- Censoring churches that did not promote Nazi ideals
Religion (impact)
- 2/3 of Protestants attending churches would wear Nazi uniform
- PEL, over 100 pastors campaigned against Nazi's
- By 1939 only 5% of Germans considered themselves God believers
Censorship and propaganda (impact)
- Nazi propaganda only source of information
- Books burnt
- Olympic Games held in Berlin
Censorship and propaganda (Goebbels + radio) 6
- Minister of people's enlightenment and propaganda
- Controls all radio
- Cinema has 45 mins of Nazi propaganda before watching movie
- Press = all editors are controlled
- 3,000 academics were dismissed
- 70% of German households have a radio
Women (aims) 3
- Kinder, Küche, Kirche = Kids, Kitchen, Church
- Create a pure aryan race
- Encourage families
Women (methods) 2
- Discourage women from work
- Contraception and abortion were banned
Women (impact) 2- Women were forced into more traditional clothing - In the 1920s women had the right to vote, however when Hitler came to power he believed that they should not be involved in politicsYouth (aims) 3- To indoctrinate young people - Ensure they grew up to become loyal Nazis - Prepare boys for army, girls for motherhoodYouth (methods) 4- Teachers were forced to join Nazi teachers education - Race studies was introduced to the curriculum, taught that Aryans were superior - Domestic Science (girls only) - Mein Kampf was an obligatory school textYouth (impact)- 95% of the Hitler youth backed the Nazi's - Many obeyed the Nazi's more than their own parents - The quality of education in schools had worsened - There were rival groups I.e Swing Kids and Edelwiss PiratesWorkers (aims) short term + long term- Short term = bring down unemployment - Long term = reshape economy into a 'war economy', focusing on Autarky = self sufficiencyWorkers (method)- Gathered many men for military training, enlisted 90% of children in Hitler youthWorkers (impact) 3- The army now had 900,000 members - Unemployment fell 1933 - 6 Million to 1.6 million in 1936. Finally 0.5 by 1938. - Production of plastic rise 460%