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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about how groups of people were persecuted in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. We will learn how Hitler and Stalin used these policies to strengthen their control over people's lives.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following accurately describes the German economy in the early 1930s?
The economy was strong
The economy was unchanged from the 1920s
Q2.
How many Germans were out of work in 1933?
1 million
10 million
Q3.
Why did Hitler introduce the National Labour Service?
To move peasants onto collective farms
To provide leisure activities and foreign travel
Q4.
What was the process of moving peasants onto large state-owned farms in the Soviet Union called?
Democratisation
Globalisation
Q5.
Who did Stalin decide to remove as a class of people in the 1930s?
The communists
The workers
5 Questions
Q1.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1930s?
Adolf Hitler
Vladimir Lenin
Q2.
What occurred during Kristallnacht?
It was declared that Jewish people were not allowed to marry German people
The peasants were forced onto collective farms in the Soviet Union
Q3.
Which group of people were referred to as 'class enemies' in the Soviet Union during the 1930s?
Poorer peasants
Workers
Q4.
Which process took place in the countryside in the Soviet Union during the 1930s?
Democratisation
Globalisation
Q5.
What is defined as 'to pursue people unfairly or cruelly because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or beliefs'?
Propaganda
Revolution