Gleichschaltung Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

An In-depth detailed set of notes of the Unit 4 Nazi Germany topic for WJEC A2 Level Exams. Written using teacher notes, lectures, textbooks, revision guides, online resources, exam mark schemes, and further reading.

GRMN 2301 Premis #1 - correct answer The cinema of the Third Reich must be seen in context of a totalitarian state's attempt to remake German culture and politics Gleichschaltung 4 - correct answer - the coordination of all institutions under Nazi control - every aspect of nazi life controlled - institutions that stood in the way were taken control of or banned - control of education and youth movements reduced likelihood of future opposition Important goal of nazi cinema - correct ...

Some random ass terms to know for GRMN 2301 Exam #1Anti-Semitism - correct answer Hostility/ Prejudice towards Jews Lebensraum - correct answer Living space Expand eastward to provide living space for growing German race Nationalism - correct answer Unification of German "race" Social Darwinism - correct answer Movement of colonialism superiority complex survival of the fittest race Pan Germanism - correct answer All German speaking people should be in one country Geogra...

How did Hitler consolidate his power? Correct Answer - Leader of largest political party in Germany. - Goring had a cabinet position and was minister of interior in Prussia. - Called another set of elections in March 1933 achieving 43.9% of seats. - Blamed poor economic conditions on democracy and the terrorist activities of communists. Key events following Hitler's chancellorship Correct Answer - The Reichstag fire in February 1933 was blamed on a communist. - 'Decree for the Protectio...

GRMN 2301 Unit 1Social Darwinism - correct answer The belief that humans should allow survival the fittest. Struggle and war are good in the sense that they eliminate the weaker members of the species. Eugenics - correct answer The belief that a perfect race could be formed by sterilizing the handicapped and non-Aryans in order to prevent "undesirable" traits/genes from being passed down. Pan Germanism - correct answer there should be one country where all germans live together Lebens...

Premis #1 The cinema of the Third Reich must be seen in context of a totalitarian state's attempt to remake German culture and politics Gleichschaltung 4 - the coordination of all institutions under Nazi control - every aspect of nazi life controlled - institutions that stood in the way were taken control of or banned - control of education and youth movements reduced likelihood of future opposition Important goal of nazi cinema overcoming weimar cinema with a new aesthetic Premis #2 ...

Anti-Semitism Hostility/ Prejudice towards Jews Lebrensraum Living space Expand eastward to provide living space for growing German race Brainpower Read More Nationalism Unification of German "race" Social Darwinism Movement of colonialism superiority complex survival of the fittest race Pan Germanism All German speaking people should be in one country Geographical boundaries seemed malleable Anti-Communism Hitler believed Communism was the ...

WWI years Mein Kampf "My Struggle" by Hitler Landsberg Prison 1924 Promoting anti-semitism Overcoming Marxism Years of the Weimar Republic Years of the Nazi Regime Hitler appointed chancellor January 30, 1933 By President Hindenburg Artist-Dictator Passion and artistic genius Constructive Capable of violence Lebensraum Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people in Eastern Europe ...

World War II Experimentation Expansion Culmination Death Throws Kristallnacht November 9, 1938 Wansee Conference January 20, 1942 Total War Speech February 18, 1943 Wansee Conference Meeting of Nazi leaders in Berlin. It was the decision to murder the Jews (The Final Solution) (January 20, 1942) Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass" Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses and kille...

Fitzgerald: "I get to the end of all the logic about non-resistance, and there, like an excluded middle, stands the whole heritage of youth. The surrealists have a perspective closest to that of Freud Communism can be defined as state ownership of the means of production Mussolini's establishment of a National Council of Experts, a minimum wage, a retirement system, and high, progressive tax rates helped to inspire Roosevelt's New Deal The prosperity of the 1920s broug...