from Dan Beaver

1. Life In Nazi Germany
Why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German society?
Through 12 years in Nazi power they persecuted members of other races, and many
minority groups such as gypsies, homosexuals and mentally handicapped people.
They persecuted any group that they thought challenged them would be persecuted.
The Nazis were jealous of the Jews because they had the best jobs, most of them
were rich, they were “un-German” and they are actually a race not a religion. He also
wanted Germany to be 100% German.
A law was carried out and it was call the marriage law, what meant that German
people can’t marry Jews, So Jews could only marry Jews.
Jewish people were not allowed the following items- type writers, pets, transport on
train. They had to have identity cards marked with the word “J” for Jewish so the
Nazi’s knew what race they were.
How effectively did the Nazis deal with their political
opponents?
He used the SS as their main weapon for
How did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control
the people?
Goebbels used all the different types of media to get support for the Nazis and get
hatred against their enemies. There was advertising on the radio convincing people
to be a Nazi, There were films about Nazis, posters all around Germany to convince
them and Films that were made in Germany would only been seen in Germany.
How did young people react to the Nazi regime?
• The girls had their own league called The League Of Maidens.
• The boys had to wear brown uniform
o They carried knives around.
• Schools were “Nazified”
o Books were re-written to teach children everything good about the
Nazis.
o They had separated desks.

2. There was a slogan for the girls and it was “Kinder, Kirche, Kucher” which meant
“Children, Church, Kitchen” That was the three main things they got taught in the
League of Maidens.