Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39 (Edexcel GCSE History: Modern Depth Study (Paper 3))

In Weimar Germany, Eugenics was on the school curriculum. In the Third Reich, it was taken off by the Nazis.

In Weimar Germany, History taught its pupils that the Jewish people were to blame for Germany losing the First World War. In the Third Reich, they blamed the Communists.

In the Third Reich, Domestic Service was on the school curriculum. In Weimar Germany, it was not on the curriculum.

In the Third Reich, Physical Education was introduced into the curriculum to create strong children. In Weimar Germany, it was not on the curriculum. 

Jewish people were required to wear a yellow circle on their left arm at all times to make them easily recognisable.

Jewish people lost their German citizenship.

Jewish people were only allowed to vote in local elections, not in national elections.

Jewish people had to request permission from their local Nazi official if they wanted to marry a German citizen. 

A Jewish person from Poland shot a German diplomat in Paris.

A Dutch communist burnt down the Reichstag.

Joseph Goebbels ordered the people of Germany to attack Jewish people.

Ernst Rӧhm was a threat to Hitler’s control over the Nazi Party. 

The KdF provided 21 000 lectures and theatre performances to 11 million people.

The KdF provided 50 000 museum tours to 2.5 million people. 

The KdF provided 25 000 Volkswagen cars to 3 million people. 

The KdF provided 1 000 cruises to 800 000 people. 

Source A shows that Jewish people were treated harshly as it includes Laws.

Source A was written in 1935.

Source A shows that Jewish people were treated harshly as the source states that Jewish people were “forbidden” to marry Germans, and made marriages between Jewish people and Germans invalid.

Source A shows that Jewish people were treated harshly as the source states that Jewish people were not allowed to marry.

The Nazis realised that women were equal to men.  

The Nazis had lost interest in trying to control women.

Many men went off to fight, so women had to work in factories to keep the economy going.

The Nazis could no longer justify the ‘Three Ks’ because they were losing the war. 

The Nazi Party’s strategies were very successful. Workers were working longer hours, no longer able to strike and had the responsibility to create the modern facilities they would use at work.

The Nazi Party's strategies were not successful. Unemployment remained high and the average working week increased by six hours. Many unskilled workers struggled to afford the essentials and many of the Nazi's schemes failed, such as the Volkswagen scheme. 

The Nazi Party’s strategies were successful. Unemployment dropped to 200 000 by 1939. However, many people in Germany were worse off as they were discounted from the employment statistics and remained unemployed. 

The Nazi Party’s strategies were relatively successful. The Nazi Party reduced unemployment, increased the wages of skilled workers and introduced national schemes. However, these schemes were not available for all and many were worse off as the average working week increased.  

The Nazi Party wanted to create a Third Reich that would last a thousand years. Controlling the youth would ensure the future of the Nazi party.

The Nazi Party only focused on boys as they wanted a strong and large army so it could conquer Europe and achieve Lebensraum. 

The Nazi Party wanted a successful and large party. The only way to do this was to boost the membership of the party by having a youth section. 

The Nazi Party wanted to educate the young about eugenics to create a pure German race. 

Interpretation 1 states that many young people liked the Hitler Youth movement. Interpretation 2 states that many young people disliked the Hitler Youth movement. 

Interpretation 1 focuses on the young people’s reactions to Hitler Youth early on in the Nazi regime. Interpretation 2 focuses on the young people’s reactions to Hitler Youth later on in the Nazi regime. 

Interpretation 1 states that many young people liked the physical activities under the Nazis. Interpretation 2 states that many young people dislike physical activities. 

Interpretation 1 was written by J Cloake and Interpretation 2 was written by A Kitson. They are different interpretations because the interpretations were written by two different authors.

Source C supports Interpretation 1 because they are both about women.

Source C supports Interpretation 1 because they were both published during the Nazi period. 

Source C supports Interpretation 1 because it supports the suggestion that ‘the Nazis attempts to drive women back into the house were not particularly successful’ as Source C shows women working in a factory in 1938.

Source C supports Interpretation 1 because Source C shows the new work opportunities that the Nazis created which helped the economic recovery, as stated in Interpretation 1.