Publisher's Synopsis
Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for AQA AS History: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45.
Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of AQA AS History: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45 with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam.
- Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activities- Helps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questions- Includes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes
CONTENTS:
Section 1: The Nazi consolidation of power, 1933-34
Coming to power, January 1933
Nazi ideology
Creating a dictatorship
Terror and the destruction of the opposition
The appearance of moderation
Co-ordination
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Section 2: Nazi propaganda and mass indoctrination
The organisation of propaganda
Methods of propaganda (1)
Methods of propaganda (2)
The 'Fuhrer Myth'
Propaganda and the Nazi 'economic miracle'
Exam focus
Section 3: Nazi organisations and the co-ordination of German society
Schools and universities
The Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens
Workers
Peasants and farmers
The Churches
The security services: the SS, SD and Gestapo
Conformity and resistance by 1939
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Section 4: The impact of war on the German people, 1939-45
Changes in attitudes and daily lives, 1939-41
The invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941-42
Mass bombings and military defeats
Germany in 1945
The impact of 'total war' on the Nazi regime
The impact of the invasion of the USSR and 'total war' on Nazi propaganda
Opposition during wartime
The impact on the people of military defeat and 'total war'
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