Question

1. according to hitler’s speech, what is the task of politics?

o to build up a master race
o to overcome divisions for the greater good
o to elevate the superior people and undermine the inferior

1. after hitler’s first radio broadcast, what happened to the membership application requests for the nazi party?

_________________________

1. on february 28, 1933, two weeks after hitler became chancellor, what happened in berlin?

o the people threw a party for hitler’s birthday
o someone set fire to germany’s parliament
o berlin was bombed by the soviets
howl with the wolves (march 1933)

1. do historians know exactly who set fire to reichstag? o yes o no
2. who did hitler blame for the fire of the reichstag? hitler blamed his rivals – the _________________________
3. the press said that the fire had been set as a sign for communist cells all across germany to rise up and revolt.
4. hitler was not one to “waste a crisis”, so within one hours of the reichstag fire, freedom of the ____________________,

freedom of expression, and freedom of public ____________________ were suspended.

1. within days of the fire, thousands of _________________________ were arrested.
2. march 23, 1933 - it took hitler only _______________ days from being named the chancellor to have all the power.

no harm whatsoever (april 1, 1933)

1. were all jewish people concerned about hitler and the harm that would come to the jews under the nazis? o y o n
2. by april 1, 1933, the nazis boycotted all _________________________ businesses in germany.
3. most jews in germany thought of themselves as o germans primarily o jews primarily

sing, attack, and triumph (april-december 1933)

1. by the end of 1933, _________________________ germans had been arrested. at least

_________________ of them were murdered while in police custody.

1. in the story where the man was beaten to death for owning a gun, was the gun actually found as evidence against

him? o yes o no
i have done nothing wrong (january 1934)

1. in 1934, the socialist leaders began preventing german parents with undesirable traits from ____________________
2. you could be forcibly _________________________ for anything considered a flaw.
3. at least _______________ germans were sterilized for _______________, epilepsy, homosexuality,

mental depression, alcoholism, _________________, sexual promiscuity, and physical deformity.
absolute obedience (february 1934)
the socialist collective oath of allegiance chanted by the people:

1. “i swear to _________________________...”
2. steadfast loyalty to _________________________...
3. and to him, absolute _________________________.

Explanation:

All answers are based on established historical facts about Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power.

Answer:

1. O to elevate the superior people and undermine the inferior
2. Membership application requests increased dramatically (far more than the party could process)
3. O someone set fire to Germany's Parliament
4. O No
5. Communists
6. press; assembly
7. Communists (and political opponents)
8. 28
9. O N
10. Jewish
11. O Germans primarily
12. 100,000; 1,000
13. O No
14. having children
15. sterilized
16. 400,000; schizophrenia; hereditary blindness
17. be faithful to Adolf Hitler
18. Adolf Hitler
19. obedience