Nazi Germany quiz – the Weimar Republic
This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your answer followed...
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This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of the first years of the Nazi state, 1933 to 1935. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your answer...
View ArticleNazi Germany quiz – life and work
This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of life and work in Nazi society. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your answer followed by the ‘Next’...
View ArticleNazi Germany quiz – racial policies
This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of Nazi racial and eugenics policies. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your answer followed by the...
View ArticleNazi Germany quiz – economic policies
This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of economic policies and objectives of the Nazi regime. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your answer...
View ArticleNazi Germany quiz – the road to war
This Nazi Germany quiz tests your knowledge of Nazi foreign policy, expansion and the road to World War II. This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions. To complete the quiz, click or tap on your...
View ArticleNazi Germany wordsearch – people
This Nazi Germany wordsearch tests your knowledge of significant people in Germany between 1918 and 1939. To begin, locate a word, click or tap on the word then drag to highlight it. You can click on...
View ArticleNazi Germany wordsearch – concepts
This Nazi Germany wordsearch tests your knowledge of significant ideas and concepts in Germany between 1918 and 1939. To begin, locate a word, click or tap on the word then drag to highlight it. You...
View ArticleNazi Germany wordsearch – places
This Nazi Germany wordsearch tests your knowledge of significant places in Germany from 1918 to 1939. To begin, locate a word, click or tap on the word then drag to highlight it. You can click on...
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Robert Ley
Robert Ley Robert Ley was a high ranking Nazi leader who oversaw the regime’s labour program. Ley was born in Niederbreitenbach in 1890, the son of a farmer with 11 children. Academically gifted, he...
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Hitler warns Mussolini that war is imminent (1939)
On August 23rd 1939, Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop concluded a non-aggression pact with his Soviet counterpart Vyacheslav Molotv. The prospects of a Nazi-Soviet war were averted, at...
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Victor Klemperer on the anti-Jewish boycotts (1933)
SA members during the 1933 Jewish boycottVictor Klemperer (1881-1960) was a German-Jewish professor and writer. The son of a rabbi, Klemperer was born in Prussia and educated in Munich, where he...
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The functions of Nazi propaganda (1934)
A Nazi poster from 1934. The title reads “Yes! We follow the Fuhrer”Unser Wille und Weg [‘Our Will and Way’] was a monthly journal published by the Reich Propaganda Directorate of the Nazi government....
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Gregor Ziemer describes life in the Pimpf (1941)
Boys in the Pimpf help out a Luftwaffe officerGregor Ziemer (1899-1982) was an American teacher and author. Born in Michigan, Ziemer served in the military during World War I before completing an...
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Adolf Hitler on the Nazi form of ‘socialism’ (1932)
Adolf Hitler, photographed with German children during his 1932 presidential campaignThe relationship between Nazism and socialism has provoked considerable debate. The majority of historians contend...
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Himmler’s procreation order to the SS (1939)
A member of the SS and his young bride in 1938In late October 1939, two months into World War II, Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler issued a curious procreation order to officers and men of the...
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Fuhrbach on why he joined the Nazi movement (1934)
Hermann Führbach was a German labourer and a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and Sturmabteilung (SA). Führbach was born in Muhlheim-Glatz in 1907. Though not old enough to serve in World War I, he was...
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Nazi Germany quotations: children and education
Artur Axmann, Hitlerjugend leader from 1940, meets group members Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders placed great importance on children and youth, developing policies and forming groups to...
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Nazi Germany quotations: women and motherhood
The cover of Frauen Warte, a Nazi magazine for women Adolf Hitler had simplistic and traditional views on gender. He believed the role of men was to work and fight, while the role of women was to tend...
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Nazi Germany quotations: power and totalitarianism
An Australian cartoon depicting Hitler, Goering and Goebbels Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party held extreme views about the nature of power. They believed that state power was paramount because it served...
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