Life in a Nazishell

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Life in a Nazishell by Mind Map: Life in a Nazishell

1. Police

1.1. Gestapo - secret police

1.1.1. Arrest enemies of the state

1.2. SS - ran concentration camps

1.3. Concentration camps - opposition taken there

1.4. The legal system: Hitler sent people to court for treason

1.4.1. All judges were Nazis!

2. Religion

2.1. Nazism

2.1.1. Glorified Stength

2.1.2. Hated Weakness

2.1.3. Racial Superiority

2.1.4. Saw Hitler as a god-like figure

2.2. Christianity

2.2.1. Teaches love and forgiveness

2.2.2. Helps the weak

2.2.3. Respect for all people

2.2.4. Belief in God

2.3. Changes to the Church

2.3.1. Catholic church schools and groups were controlled and banned

2.3.2. They (the Nazis) slowly started changing the inside of the churches and created their own Nazi church called the Reich Church

2.3.3. There was a lot of opposition to this and people set up a Church against the Nazis called the Confessional Church

2.3.4. Some Protestants admired Hitler and were called German Christians and wore Nazi uniforms and gave the greeting 'Heil Hitler'

2.3.5. Their slogan was 'The Swastika on our chests and the cross in our hearts

2.4. Nazifying of the Churches

2.4.1. God was replaced with Hitler

2.4.2. The Bible was replaced with a copy of Mein Kampf

2.4.3. The cross was replaced with the Swastika and the Sword

2.4.4. Jesus' disciples were replaced with images of Hitler's Henchmen

3. Economy

3.1. Unemployment dropped quickly

3.1.1. From 4.8 million in 1933...

3.1.2. ...to 0.5 million in 1938

3.2. Wages rose slightly

3.3. Working hours went up

3.3.1. From 52 hours in 1943...

3.3.2. ...to 60 hours a week in 1945

3.3.2.1. Due to the war

3.4. Fewer consumer goods

3.5. Trade unions replaced with 'Beauty of Labour'

4. Women

4.1. Gained political progress

4.2. Earned more money

4.3. Gained social progress

4.4. Nazi's had a traditional view of women

4.5. 3K's - Kinder, Küche, Kirche: Children, Kitchen, Church

5. Youth

5.1. Nazi's controlled teachers, curriculum and textbooks

5.1.1. Jewshroom books!!

5.2. Studied Mien Kampf to excess

5.3. Teachers swear an oath to Hitler

6. Were people better off?

6.1. Unemployment fell everywhere

6.2. Some people forced to work

6.3. Disadvantages of the SPA and KDF

6.3.1. Workers has no representation

6.4. Workers put more into economey that they get out

7. If you were 'Aryan' and had no strong political beliefs, life was relatively good