11. How did the Nazis keep control of Germany?

A) Through TERROR!!

How did Hitler keep control of

Germany?

Keeping

Control of

Germany

Everyone was scared of

being arrested by the

Gestapo and being put in

a concentration camp.Hitler Youth & the

Young Maidens.

Propaganda

Mass Rallies, Posters

and Propaganda films.

The Nazis controlled

and censored the radio

& newspapers.

School children were

indoctrinated with Nazi

ideas at school.

The Terror State

Secret police called the

Gestapo would spy on

and arrest enemies of

the state.

SS were responsible

for running the

concentration camps.

Popularity

Creating Jobs

Ripping up the

Treaty of Versailles.

How did the Terror State Work?

Gestapo Spies

inform on you

You are woken up by

the Gestapo at 1 am in

the morning and told

that you have 5 minutes

to pack your bags.

You are arrested

and thrown into a

cell at the police

station

Days or maybe weeks

later you are

interviewed and

asked to sign form

D11

By signing this form

you are giving your

consent to be put into

a concentration camp.

You are handed

over to the SS who

run the

concentration

camps.

You are imprisoned

for up to six months

doing hard physical

labour.

When you are

released you tell

everybody what has

happened to you

Fear

Through a system of propaganda and indoctrination.

Source B Adolf Hitler, Mein

Kampf, 1925

Propaganda must confine itself to a

very few points, and repeat them

endlessly. Here, as with so many

things in this world, persistence is

the first and foremost condition of

success.

Source C Albert Speer’s final speech at his

trial at Nuremberg, 1946

His (Hitler’s) was the first dictatorship in the

present period of technical development, a

dictatorship which made complete use of all

technical means for the domination of its own

country. Through technical devices like the radio

and the loud speaker, 80 million people were

deprived of independent thought. It was thereby

possible to subject them all to the will of one man. Source D a speech by Goebbles

to a press conference, March

1933.

I view the task of the new

Ministry as being to establish co-

ordination between the

Government and the whole

people… It is not enough for

people to be more or less

reconciled to our regime, to be

persuaded to adopt a neutral

attitude towards us. Rather we

want to work on the people until

they have capitulated (given in) to

us. The new Ministry has no

other aim than to unite the nation

behind the ideal of the national

revolution.

What is Propaganda?

What is the meaning of propaganda? Strictly speaking, it comes from the word ‘propagate’,

which means to spread. The Nazis had very specific ideas which they wanted to spread.

In Mein Kampf Hitler set out the best way of doing this (source B). Putting across a limited

range of ideas is known as indoctrination, especially when the intention is to squeeze out

other ideas.

Goebbels first act as Minister of Propaganda was

to set about ridding German cultural life of books,

ideas an people that did not accept Nazi philosophy.

On 10 May 1933, libraries and bookshops were

plundered for any titles the Nazis disliked. These

were then burned in huge bonfires in the middle of

universities.

Reich Chamber of Culture

In September 1933, Goebbels established the Reich Chamber of Culture, with departments

for literature, press, radio, theatre, music and the creative arts. Membership was

compulsory for anyone wanting to work in any of these fields. Hundreds of talented

musicians, artists, film makers and actors, many of them Jewish, left Germany because

they were unacceptable to the Chamber of Culture.

7. PRACTICE PAST PAPER QUESTION: 12 marks ‘The Nazis were able to stay in power in Germany after 1933 mainly because the German people feared them’ Do you agree? You could include the following in your answer and any other information of your own:

The first concentration camp was opened at Dachau in 1933. In 1933 Goebbels became Minister of Popular Enlightenment and

Propaganda. In 1933 there were 6 million unemployed in Germany. By 1939

there were 300,000 unemployed

Mark Scheme

Level 1 Simple statements supported by some knowledge

e.g. People were too scared (copies the information from the above box)

1-3

Level 2 Developed statements supported by relevant knowledge

e.g. The Nazis put people in concentration camps if they opposed them

4-6

Level 3 Developed explanation supported by selected knowledge

supporting or opposing the view, e.g. The Nazis used sophisticated propaganda methods to indoctrinate the people into supporting them.

7-10

Level 4 Sustained argument supported by precisely selected

knowledge assess the view and comparing it with alternative

views, e.g. Many people were better off under the Nazis, things were much worse for them during the Weimar Republic, rather than feared them, they supported them.

11-12

PLAN!

1st You write: 'In some ways, it could be

argued that the <statement is true>', then

you think up a number of points which promote

this idea, supporting them with facts and

explanations. A very good essay here would also

point out weaknesses in this argument.

2nd You write: 'HOWEVER, it might be argued

that the <statement is false>', then you think

up a number of points which promote that idea,

supporting them with facts and explanations. A

very good essay here would also point out

weaknesses in this argument.

3rd Finally, you write: 'In conclusion,

therefore, I would say that...' and you

come to some conclusion (whatever you like) weighing the things you have said for and

against the proposition, assessing the reliability

and utility of the facts and sources you have

cited, and explaining how you came to your

conclusion.

MK 2008

‘The Nazis were able to stay in power in Germany after 1933 mainly because the Germany people feared them’ Do you agree?

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