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Course Notes |
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Homework/Articles/Extras |
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Introduction |
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Exam Board Report Nov 2002 |
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Student Support:
Introductory Notes and Features |
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Exam Board Notes |
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Questions to Consider |
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Sample Exam Questions |
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Section A: |
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How Popular were the Nazis? |
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Hitler: Time
Magazine Article, 2nd Jan 1939 |
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Why did so many Germans support the Nazis before
1933 |
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Essay:
To what extent was the
initial support for Hitler in 1933 maintained after he became
chancellor? |
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The Legacy of the Weimar
Republic |
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Weimar Short
Notes |
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How did Hitler exploit the
weakness of the Weimar Republic? |
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AS Unit 2:Weimar Republic, 1918-1929 |
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The Appeal of the
Nazi Party Programme |
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Who were the Nazis? |
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Who voted Nazi? |
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Map of Voting Habits,
1929-33 |
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Who did not vote Nazi? |
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Voting Statistics, 1918-1933 |
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Class Voting patterns |
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How
Popular was the Third Reich? |
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Middle Class |
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Article:
Who voted for the Nazis? |
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Working Class |
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Article:
People
who Did Not Vote Hitler and Why |
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Upper-Middle Class and the
Elites |
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Article:
Workers
and Nazis in Hitler's Homeland,
1936-45 |
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Areas of Weaker Nazi support |
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How popular were the Nazis after 1933? |
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Did Hitler have the support of most people?
(Diagram) |
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Why was there so much consent for Nazism? |
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What sources are available to assess public
opinion? |
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What was the extent of Nazi support from local
groups? |
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What was the extent of opposition to the Nazi
regime? |
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Article:
Size & Composition of Anti-Nazi Opposition |
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In what ways did
people oppose the Nazi regime? |
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Grumbling and Minor Dissent |
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Humour |
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Pro and Anti Nazi Jokes |
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Formal Complaints about
Specific Issues |
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Examples of Illegal Complaint Leaflets |
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Political Activism |
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5.
Resistance |
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Article and
Questions The White Rose Group |
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6.
Social Deviance Amongst
Youth |
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Article:
Sophie Scholl -
Martyr or Mistake? |
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Why was opposition so limited? |
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Conclusions on the popularity of Nazism (interim) |
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Section B: |
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What was
Gleichschaltung, |
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Why was it
used and how was it implemented? |
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The Imposition of Nazi Doctrine |
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Article:
Temporal Revolution of the Third Reich |
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Control through Coercion and Terror |
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How was the Nazi police organised? |
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How powerful was the Gestapo? |
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Who was Heinrich Himmler? |
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What was
Himmler's role? |
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Diagram of the SS by
1940 |
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What was the role of the SS within Nazi society? |
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What was the extent of SS influence? |
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Oath of Loyalty
of the Waffen SS |
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The Concentration Camp System |
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SS
Sources and Questions (doc download) |
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The Waffen SS |
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Goebbels and his
Place in History |
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What was the extent of terror from the SS? |
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What is Propaganda?
(Weisenthal Centre) |
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Who was Dr. Josef Goebbels? |
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Nazi Propaganda Images - excellent examples |
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The Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and
Propaganda |
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Propaganda Pictures
of Hitler (doc) |
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The Structure of the Propaganda Ministry
- Diagram |
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Goebbels: Roles and
Achievement |
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The Use of Propaganda |
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Propaganda: The Power of Persuassion |
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Mass Media |
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Culture |
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Article:
Cartoons
of the Third Reich |
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3.
News and Censorship |
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How successful was propaganda within the Nazi
state? |
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Section C: |
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How did the Nazi state work? |
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Article:
Establishing a Nazi
Dictatorship |
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What was Hitler's aim for the new state? |
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Elie Wisel on Hitler:
Retrospective |
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Stage 1:
Jan-Mar
1933 - Control at the Centre |
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Essay:
Why did Hitler
come to power in 1933? |
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Stage 2:
Apr-Jul
1933 - Control beyond the Centre |
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Essay:
Was power consolidated
legally? |
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Stage 3:
Jan-Aug
1934 - The Final Stage |
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Establishing a Nazi Dictatorship: Key Notes |
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How did Hitler extend and consolidate his
power in 1933-4? |
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Hitler Abandons his Dependence on the
Elites, 1937-8 |
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Notes on the Hossbach Meeting, 5th Nov 1937 |
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Death of Hindenburg |
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How did the Death of
Hindenburg Affect a Nation? |
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Section D: |
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Radicalisation, T4
and Euthanasia After 1935 |
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The Nuremberg Laws (1935): Digest |
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Consequence of the Nuremburg Laws
(1935)? |
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Comment from the Nuremburg Laws |
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The Jewish Question |
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Section E |
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The Structure of the Nazi State |
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Secrets of
Leadership: BBC Series |
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Traditional View |
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Hitler's Leadership
Style and the The Fuhrer Prinzip |
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Revisionist View |
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Secrets of
Leadership: Hitler and Churchill |
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Structures of Administration |
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Relative Relationships
Between Nazi Leaders |
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How did the system work in practice? |
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Case Study: The Judiciary
and the Nazi State |
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Structure of the Nazi State (Diagram) |
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The historical debate on why this
system operated: |
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The 4 Debates:
Notes and Exercise |
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Intentionalist View |
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Structuralist or
Functionalist View |
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Compromise View |
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Marxist View (extra view) |
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Section F |
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How were decisions made in Nazi Germany? |
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Lecture Notes:
Structure of
the State and Hitler's Role |
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Hitler's role in Policy Making - 'Working Towards
the Fuhrer? |
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How effective a
leader was Hitler? (Kershaw) |
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How powerful was Hitler? |
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Article:
Strong Leader or
Weak Dictator? Mary Fulbrook, UCL |
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What were his main powers? |
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Essay:
Was Hitler a Weak
Leader or Strong Dictator? |
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Was Hitler (therefore) master of the 3rd Reich? |
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Was Hitler a dictator or a weak leader? |
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What was the nature of Hitler's leadership? |
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What were Hitler's main powers? |
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The Polycratic
State Explained |
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Further Notes on
The Polycratic State |
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Section G |
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Who was Herman Goering? |
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Goering's Dedication
to Hitler, Nuremberg, 1935. |
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Goering and Economic Reconstruction of
Germany |
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Goering's Importance to
Hitler |
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Leidkultur
or Leitverantwortung? |
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