How far did the Nazis achieve total control in Germany between 1933 and 1945

1. How far did the Nazis achieve total control in Germany between 1933 and 1945? Another 10 mark question which asks you to show a two-sided, balanced answer with a concluding paragraph on how far.

2. Explain examples of control The Hitler Youth provided opportunities for Nazi leaders to put across Nazi beliefs and members were encouraged to report on teachers and parents. It was made compulsory in 1936 The Nazis established new schools to train the next SS elite and army recruits such as Hitler Schools, and NAPOLAS. The most important act the Nazis implemented was the Enabling Act of March 1933 which gave the Nazi Government Emergency Powers for the rest of their rule. The Night of the Long Knives eliminated opposition in the party and settled old scores with people who had previously opposed the Nazis The creation of the DAF and the Dachau summer removed trade unionism from Germany and gave workers little say towards their employers The Concordat with the Catholic Church silenced its criticisms of Nazi problems Concentration camps removed opponents of the regime and sent them away SS-Gestapo kept order and control through fear and terror

3. Explain examples of lack of control During the war years there was increasing discontent within Germany at the lack of organisation and oppression. Many assassination attempts including the last by Stauffenberg came from high ranking army officials disgruntled by the war and Nazi Euthanasia and Killing policies. The Edelweiss Pirates were a motley crew of different youth organisations across Germany who purposely disobeyed orders to join the HJ and even went around beating up its members The Swing Youth were another group of youths who disliked the Nazi Youth and education and set about defying the state by listening to foreign music and reading banned literature The White Rose Movement attempted to bring a student uprising with subversive literature about the state and how it should be undermined. Martin Niemoller and Archbishop Galen spoke out and preached about Nazi atrocities in sermons. Many people were passive supporters so as not to attract attention

4. Conclusion Although the Nazis started their regime strongly and had control mechanisms in place it wasn�t until the grievances of war and the policy of Night and Fog did true opposition rise up. Although opposition was subdued it was present from open acts of aggression like the bomb plots and the White Rose Movement and it shows just how worried the Nazis were by these plots that they punished the perpetrators so severely. However control was strong and far reaching in the Nazi era and their hold on power up to 1945 was only jeopardised by their defeats in war.