AN EASY GUIDE TO AN A*: A-LEVEL: THE NAZI DICTATORSHIP 1933-1939

AN EASY GUIDE TO AN A*: A-LEVEL HISTORY DEMOCRACY AND NAZISM 1918-1945 FULL CONCISE NOTES WITH ESSAY PLANS:

AQA EXAM BOARD STYLE BOOKLETS WITH CATCHY POSTERS AND ESSAY QUESTIONS (FULLY SUMMARIZED NOTES ON THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND NAZI GERMANY WITH KEY FACTS AND DATES) -

BOOKLET 4:

**The Nazi Dictatorship, 1933–1939 **

• Hitler’s consolidation of power, March 1933–1934: governmental and administrative change and the establishment of the one-party state; the Night of the Long Knives and the impact of the death of President Hindenburg
• The ‘Terror State’: the police, including the SS and Gestapo; the courts; extent, effectiveness and limitations of opposition and non-conformity; propaganda: aims, methods and impact; extent of totalitarianism
• Economic policies and the degree of economic recovery; Schacht; Goering; the industrial elites
• Social policies: young people; women; workers; the churches; the degree of Volksgemeinschaft; benefits and drawbacks of Nazi rule