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🦅 The Nazi State 1933–39 – A-level
History · A-level — practise Nazi consolidation of power, terror, propaganda, the economy and persecution in 1933–39.
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What was the main effect of the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933?
It suspended civil liberties such as free speech
It banned every party except the NSDAP
It let the cabinet make laws without the Reichstag
It merged the offices of Chancellor and President
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The Enabling Act of March 1933 let the cabinet pass laws without the Reichstag. For how long was it initially granted?
Two years
Four years
Ten years
One year
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After Hindenburg died in August 1934, to whom did the armed forces swear their new oath of loyalty?
The office of Reich President
The German people and fatherland
The German constitution
Adolf Hitler personally
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Strength Through Joy (KdF), which offered cheap holidays and leisure to workers, was a branch of which organisation?
The German Labour Front (DAF)
The Reich Labour Service (RAD)
The Reich Chamber of Culture
The Hitler Youth
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Which body, set up under Goebbels in September 1933, decided who could work in film, music, press and the arts?
The Reich Chamber of Culture
The Reich Food Estate
The Reich Security Main Office
The German Labour Front
30s
What did the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour (1935) forbid?
Jews from working in the civil service
Jews from owning any businesses in Germany
Jewish children from attending German schools
Marriage between Jews and 'German-blooded' citizens
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Which event did the Nazi leadership use as the pretext for the Kristallnacht pogrom of 9–10 November 1938?
The shooting of diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris
A Jewish boycott of German goods in America
The killing of Wilhelm Gustloff in Switzerland
The Reichstag fire in Berlin
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Which former Reich Chancellor was murdered during the Night of the Long Knives in June–July 1934?
Heinrich Brüning
Kurt von Schleicher
Gustav Stresemann
Franz von Papen
30s
In June 1936 Himmler, already Reichsführer-SS, received a new title that centralised his power. What was it?
Chief of the German Police
Reich Minister of War
Reich Minister of the Interior
Chief of Staff of the SA
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Why did Hjalmar Schacht resign as Minister of Economics in November 1937?
He refused to fund the Hitler Youth
He demanded faster rearmament than Göring
He was implicated in Röhm's plans for the SA
He opposed the pace of Göring's rearmament and autarky
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