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Unit 1 Section A: Life in Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How did Hitler turn the office of Chancellor into a one-party dictatorship by 1934?

Consolidation of power: the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act of 1933, the end of other parties, the Night of the Long Knives and the death of Hindenburg in 1934.
A focused CCEA GCSE History guide to how Hitler consolidated power. Covers Hitler becoming Chancellor in 1933, the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act, the banning of other parties and trade unions, the Night of the Long Knives, and the death of Hindenburg that made Hitler Fuhrer in 1934.
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How did Nazi persecution of the Jews escalate into the Holocaust?

Persecution and the Holocaust: Nazi racial ideology, the 1933 boycott, the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, Kristallnacht in 1938, the ghettos and the Final Solution.
A focused CCEA GCSE History guide to Nazi persecution and the Holocaust. Covers Nazi racial ideology, the 1933 boycott of Jewish shops, the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, Kristallnacht in 1938, the wartime ghettos, the killing squads and the Final Solution in which around six million Jews were murdered.
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How did the Nazis use propaganda and control of culture to win and keep support?

Propaganda and culture: Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda, radio, film, rallies and the press, the cult of the Fuhrer, and Nazi control of the arts and the Churches.
A focused CCEA GCSE History guide to Nazi propaganda and culture. Covers Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda, the use of radio, film, rallies and a censored press, the cult of the Fuhrer, Nazi control of art and culture, and the policy towards the Churches.
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How did the Nazis use terror and the law to control Germany?

The police state and terror: the SS, the Gestapo, concentration camps, the Nazi control of the courts, and the role of informers in keeping Germans in line.
A focused CCEA GCSE History guide to the Nazi police state. Covers the SS under Himmler, the Gestapo secret police, concentration camps, the Nazi takeover of the courts and judges, and the role of informers and fear in keeping Germans in line.
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How did the Nazis try to shape the lives of young people and women?

Young people and women: the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, the Nazi school curriculum, the three Ks for women and the reversal of policy during the war.
A focused CCEA GCSE History guide to Nazi policy towards young people and women. Covers the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, the rewritten school curriculum, the three Ks ideal for women, the Marriage Loan and motherhood medals, and how the war reversed the policy on women's work.
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