Transcript How far did the Nazis achieve total control?

How far did the Nazis
achieve total control in
Germany between 1933
and 1945?
Another 10 mark question which asks
you to show a two-sided, balanced
answer with a concluding paragraph on
how far.
Explain examples of control
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The Hitler Youth provided
opportunities for Nazi leaders to
put across Nazi beliefs and
members were encouraged to
report on teachers and parents. It
was made compulsory in 1936
The Nazis established new schools
to train the next SS elite and army
recruits such as Hitler Schools,
and NAPOLAS.
The most important act the Nazis
implemented was the Enabling Act
of March 1933 which gave the
Nazi Government Emergency
Powers for the rest of their rule.
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The Night of the Long Knives
eliminated opposition in the party
and settled old scores with people
who had previously opposed the
Nazis
The creation of the DAF and the
Dachau summer removed trade
unionism from Germany and gave
workers little say towards their
employers
The Concordat with the Catholic
Church silenced its criticisms of
Nazi problems
Concentration camps removed
opponents of the regime and sent
them away
SS-Gestapo kept order and control
through fear and terror
Explain examples of lack of control
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During the war years there was
increasing discontent within
Germany at the lack of
organisation and oppression.
Many assassination attempts
including the last by Stauffenberg
came from high ranking army
officials disgruntled by the war
and Nazi Euthanasia and Killing
policies.
The Edelweiss Pirates were a
motley crew of different youth
organisations across Germany
who purposely disobeyed orders
to join the HJ and even went
around beating up its members
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The Swing Youth were another
group of youths who disliked the
Nazi Youth and education and set
about defying the state by
listening to foreign music and
reading banned literature
The White Rose Movement
attempted to bring a student
uprising with subversive literature
about the state and how it should
be undermined.
Martin Niemoller and Archbishop
Galen spoke out and preached
about Nazi atrocities in sermons.
Many people were passive
supporters so as not to attract
attention
Conclusion
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Although the Nazis started their regime strongly
and had control mechanisms in place it wasn’t
until the grievances of war and the policy of
Night and Fog did true opposition rise up.
Although opposition was subdued it was present
from open acts of aggression like the bomb plots
and the White Rose Movement and it shows just
how worried the Nazis were by these plots that
they punished the perpetrators so severely.
However control was strong and far reaching in
the Nazi era and their hold on power up to 1945
was only jeopardised by their defeats in war.