Who were the Bauhaus?

A group of architects who designed modern buildings

What did German artists try to show in their paintings during the 1920s?

Real life - poverty, injured soldiers, ordinary people

Why was Berlin a centre of cultural excellence in the 1920s?

Censorship was entirely removed, allowing it to rival Paris

Which of these did Goebbels NOT do to impose censorship after 1933?

Imported Hollywood films and spread them across Germany

Who was Marlene Dietrich?

A world famous German film actress

How did propaganda shift its focus towards the end of the war?

Created a fear of communism if the Russians invaded

Which of these did many Germans see as a negative part of Weimar culture?

Transvestites openly walking around Berlin and the others

How were the Berlin Olympics used as a great propaganda exercise?

Show economic recovery, athletic prowess & superiority

Which of these was NOT an image that the Nazis allowed to be shown widely

Hitler wearing glasses and working on his papers

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Contrasting culture in Weimar and Nazi Germany

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How did the Nazis bend culture to their need to control the people of Germany?

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1
Who were the Bauhaus?
A group of architects who designed modern buildings
A political group who opposed the rise of the Nazis
A family who opened a groupf of furniture stores
A group of German techno DJs
2
What did German artists try to show in their paintings during the 1920s?
Portraits of the German Royal Family
Fruit
Real life - poverty, injured soldiers, ordinary people
Countryside landscapes
3
Why was Berlin a centre of cultural excellence in the 1920s?
Lots of money was spent on paintings and books by the rich
The best artists moved to live and work in Germany
Censorship was entirely removed, allowing it to rival Paris
The Government used the military budget for arts instead
4
Which of these did Goebbels NOT do to impose censorship after 1933?
Took over most newspaper publishers & put limits on stories
Imported Hollywood films and spread them across Germany
Took control of all radio stations and sold cheap radios
Wrote rules for writers & artists to show Germany positively
5
Who was Marlene Dietrich?
The leading female member of the Nazi Party
The architect who designed the Reichstag
A world famous German film actress
A world famous German rapper
6
How did propaganda shift its focus towards the end of the war?
Created a fear of communism if the Russians invaded
Focussed on the great future Germany would have post-war
Encouraged people to re-elect Hitler as Chancellor
Showed the great economic growth that had been achieved
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Which of these did many Germans see as a negative part of Weimar culture?
Open attitudes to sex, including acceptance of homosexuality
Art which made Germany look weak (e.g. showing poverty)
Plays which made fun of the Kaiser and the war
Transvestites openly walking around Berlin and the others
8
How were the Berlin Olympics used as a great propaganda exercise?
Jewish athletes competed to hide their persecution
Show economic recovery, athletic prowess & superiority
Journalists could go wherever they liked and speak to anyone
TV pictures were full of adverts for holidays in Germany
9
How did Hitler describe the art of the Weimar peiod?
Thoughtful and provoking
The best that Germany had to offer
Groundbreaking and imaginative
Perverted and unpatriotic
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Which of these was NOT an image that the Nazis allowed to be shown widely
Hitler as a family man who loved children
Hitler as a strong 'superhero' leading the nation
Hitler as a friend of the people - laughing along with them
Hitler wearing glasses and working on his papers

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