Hitler

Question 1

Give 3 reasons why people voted for hitler

Answer 1

1.Fear of communism
2.Economic problems (unemployment)
3.Hatred and resentment of the
Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

How did hitler establish a dictatorship?

Answer 2

1. The Nazis took control of the police
   Brownshirts were free to beat-up and in some circumstances kill political opponents
2. Hitler passed the Enabling Law in
   1933, which allowed him to rule by
   decree
3. All other political parties and trade
   unions were banned by the summer
   of 1933

Question 3

Name 3 reasons Germans supported hitler

Answer 3

1. His foreign policy was very successful
   and made most Germans proud
2. Hitler’s economic policy was also very successful – when he came to power in
   1933, he began the ‘Battle for Work’–
   he provided work for all
3. Propaganda was very important to
   Hitler, they began to control what
   people knew and thought

Question 4

How did Hitler control education

Answer 4

In education, loyalty to the Führer was taught from playschool to
university
• History books were rewritten to
glorify Germany’s past and PE was emphasised
• Boys and girls joined youth organisations in which they were indoctrinated with Nazi ideas