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Life in Nazi Germany
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the Nuremburg Laws of 1935? | Laws made against Jews. Took away their German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and Non-Jews. |
| What were some of the ways Jews were treated under Hitler? | By 1934 Organized a boycott of Jewish businesses, Jews were fired, had to wear a yellow star to identify themselves, segregation on trains and buses. |
| What was the "Night of the Broken Glass"? | Jewish shop keepers had their shop windows smashed and contents stolen; Jewish homes and synagogues went up in flames. Dozens of Jews were killed and thousands arrested. Jews fined and made to cleanup. This event marked a major increase in Nazi violence |
| How did school change once Hitler took over? | Textbooks were re-written to make Nazis look good, teachers had to teach the Nazi ideals. |
| What is indoctrination? | Exposing people to limited information in order to make individuals share a certain set of beliefs. |
| Describe the Hitler Youth Movement. | Hard physical training, camping and fighting skills taught, stresse loyalty to Hitler and trained them in military skills. |
| What were the 3 Cs? | Children, Church, and Cooking |
| What was the German woman's role? | Focus on creating a family with as many children as possible. Minimum was set at four children. |
| What were the restrictions on German woman? | Not allowed to work outside the home, they could only wear certain types of clothes, hair had to be worn in a bun or braids, not allowed to wear make-up. |
| What did Hitler think about religion? | He set up his own church "National Reich Church", Bible and religious objects were removed, Mein Kampf was the only book allowed. |
| What was the KDF? | Means "Strength through Joy" and was created to control and organize people's free time. |
| What was the idea behind KDF? | People with nothing to do would get bored and frustrated. Happy people would be more likely to work hard at their jobs and more loyal to the government. |
| What activities were organized by the KDF? | Cruises, various vacations, sports, trips to the theater and opera. Also provided cheap cars. |
| What did the number 3,740 represent? | The number of hours for free time. |
| What is the purpose of propaganda? | Propaganda is used to persuade people, it's part of indoctrination. |
| How are propaganda and censorship related? | Censorship limits access to "undesirable" information while propaganda feeds "targeted" information. |