Exercises on Nazism

The National Socialist German Workers' Party, better known as the Nazi Party, emerged in Germany in the 1920s and had affiliation and political origin associated with groups of the German extreme right . Regarding the characteristics of Nazi ideology, select the INCORRECT alternative.

a) Anti-Bolshevism

b) Eugenia

c) Liberalism

d) Anti-Semitism

e) Extreme Nationalism

The growth and strengthening of Nazism within the political frameworks of German society took place from the Nazis' strategy to exploit the despair of the Germans, mainly related to the economic crisis that affected the country during the 1920s, in the period known as the Weimar Republic. This crisis that hit Germany was the result, in part, of the indemnities collected from Germany after the First World War. These indemnities were imposed by the

a) Treaty of Geneva.

b) Munich Conference.

c) Berlin Conference.

d) Treaty of Balfour.

e) Treaty of Versailles.

Read the statements below and select the CORRECT alternative:

a) The swastika was the Nazi symbol and was created by a German military in 1919.

b) The persecution of Jews in Germany during the 1930s was legally supported by the Nuremberg Laws.

c) The Anschluss was a crucial point of German ideology and advocated the formation of a “living space” dedicated exclusively to the Germans.

d) In 1936, after the Berlin Conference, the Germans invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia.

e) The beginning of World War II marked the end of the period in German history known as the Weimar Republic.

Regarding the concept of lebensraum, select the correct alternative:

a) German term that defined the Nazis' opposition to liberalism as a political and economic value.

b) Military tactics created by Hitler that exemplified the strengthening of the German army.

c) Economic plan implemented by Adolf Hitler to promote the country's economic growth.

d) Concept that defended the occupation of a large territory dedicated exclusively to the habitation of the Aryans. Its translation is “vital space”.

e) Plan for the agglomeration of Jews in ghettos, applied from 1937.

(Cespe/Cebraspe) Hitler, head of the Nazi Party in Germany, came to power in 1933 and began to put the Nazi ideal into practice. About the Nazi movement, tick the correct option.

a) For Nazism, the superior race is the Aryan.

b) The Nazi ideology was also adopted by Switzerland.

c) The Nazi ideal presupposes gender equality.

d) Nazism was against anti-Semitism.

e) Democracy is one of the components of Nazi ideology.

(Alternative) Hitler dominated France, forcing it to sign in 1940, the armistice with Germany and Italy. Much of the French territory, including the capital, remained under German occupation and the rest was established a collaborationist state administered by General Henry Pétain, who became known as:

a) Ghettos.

b) Popular Front.

c) French Republic.

d) Collaborationist Republic.

e) Vichy Republic.

(IF-PR) During the 1930s, the German Nazi party used the National Socialist German Workers' Party meetings to produce national catharsis that sought political consensus and social:symbols, films, and all sorts of propaganda in favor of Nazi ideology. After conflicts within the party and a less-than-expected victory at the polls, an almost millenary city was chosen to represent the rise of a new German Reich, with everything meticulously recorded under Leni Riefenstahl's lens in "The Triumph of the Will". Which event was turned into an apotheotic moment prepared by Adolf Hitler's propaganda department in 1934?

a) Nuremberg Congress

b) Berlin Congress

c) Munich Congress

d) Congress of Dortmund

e) Brest-Litovski Congress

(AOCP Institute) Regarding Nazism, mark the INCORRECT alternative.

a) Nazism developed from the influences of Pan-German ideas, the German nationalist movement and anti-communist paramilitary groups.

b) Nazism aimed to overcome social divisions to create a homogeneous society in terms of race, seeking national unity and traditionalism.

c) Nazism supported theories such as Social Darwinism, with the Germanic peoples being described as the purest of the Aryan race and were therefore seen as the "master race".

d) It is usually characterized as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and anti-Semitism.

e) In the early 1920s, Adolf Hitler took control of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, renaming it the Nazi Party, based on ideals inspired by liberalism and in democracy.

What was the first country to be annexed by Nazi Germany in the 1930s?

a) Czechoslovakia

b) Poland

c) Austria

d) Switzerland

e) Netherlands

Germany's June 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union was part of which military operation?

a) Blue

b) Führer

c) White Flag

d) Barbarossa

e) Ardennes

The Nazi detachment that acted in the persecution and execution of Jews in Eastern Europe became known as?

a) Gestapo

b) Sturmabteilung

c) Ordnungspolizei

d) Kriminalpolizei

e) Einsatzgruppen

In 1938, by order of the Nazi Party, a major pogrom (violent attack) was organized against the Jews. In less than 24 hours, thousands of shops and synagogues were destroyed and thousands of Jews were arrested. This pogrom was named:

a) Operation Valkyrie.

b) Crystal Night.

c) Night of the Long Knives.

d) March of the Aryans.

e) Operation Final Solution.

LETTER C

The defense of liberalism was not part of Nazi ideology. The Nazis did not believe in the values ​​of representative democracies, nor in the defense of individual liberties, both important points of liberalism. In addition, they also had a strong opposition to economic liberalism, as they believed it was part of an international conspiracy by Jews to dominate the country.

LETTER E

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. Germany and its allies were fully responsible for the damage caused during the First World War. The Treaty of Versailles stipulated several punishments for Germany, one of the heaviest being the collection of a war indemnity worth 132 billion German marks. This charge practically broke Germany's economy and led the country into a very strong crisis.

LETER B

Anti-Semitism was one of the central features of Nazi ideology. When the Nazis took power in Germany, hatred of Jews led to a series of actions. Among them are the pogroms , localized attacks against places populated by Jews, and the creation of laws that legally supported the State in the persecution of these people. In this case, the highlight goes to the Nuremberg Laws, created in 1935.

LETER D

Lebensraum is translated into Portuguese as “vital space”. This concept advocated the formation of the Third Reich, dedicated exclusively to the Aryan peoples. This idea defended the expansion of the territory of Germany to regions that, historically, had been occupied by population of Germanic origin.

LETER A

The Nazis believed in supremacist theories that claimed that white men were naturally superior to non-white men. In Nazi ideology, the model of the perfect man who was the subject of exaltation was known as "Aryan".

LETTER E

The Vichy Republic is the name given to the collaborationist republic that was established in France after that country was defeated by the Germans in World War II. This collaborationist republic was ruled by Robert Pétain and existed from 1940 to 1944.

LETER A

Nuremberg was the German city that hosted the annual meetings held by the Nazi Party. These meetings, also known as meetings, congresses or rallies, began to be held from 1933 onwards. They were grandiose events and an important piece of propaganda for Joseph Goebbels.

LETTER E

The term “Nazi” is a contraction of the party's name in German. In the original, the National Socialist German Workers' Party was called Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei . The word Nazi came from Nationalsozialistische and therefore it was not the result of an alteration by Hitler. The Nazi party had illiberal inspirations and despised democracy.

LETER C

The first country to be annexed by the Germans in Europe was Austria, annexed to German territory in 1938. known in the 1930s as the Anschluss , a German term that means exactly “annexation”.

LETER D

Operation Barbarossa was the military operation organized by Germany to carry out the invasion and conquest of the Soviet Union. This invasion took place on June 22, 1941, as Europe began its summer, and in it Germany mobilized more than three million soldiers. The objective was to conquer the Soviet Union in a few weeks.

LETTER E

Einsatzgruppen (meaning “operational groups”) was a group whose role was to locate and exterminate Jews in Eastern Europe. Known as "extermination groups", this group acted behind Nazi lines, promoting ethnic cleansing in the regions conquered by the Germans. An estimated 1 million people were shot by the Einsatzgruppen .

LETER B

The Crystal Night was a pogrom held between the 9th and 10th of November 1938. It was a mass attack on Jews throughout Germany and marked the beginning of their imprisonment. in the concentration camps. Thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, as well as synagogues were burned. Hundreds of Jews are believed to have died during the pogrom.