*GRADE 11 HISTORY P1 - SOURCE BASED COMPLETE ANSWERS*
*Topic: How did Hitler and the Nazi Party deal with undesirable groups in
Germany in the 1930s?*
*District: Bojanala | CAPS 2026 | 50 Marks*
*SECTION A ANSWERS*
*SOURCE 1A: Reichstag Fire 1933*
1.1.1 Two reasons for new elections:
- Hitler knew he lacked a majority in Reichstag
- Nazis wanted majority to rule unopposed without
coalition
1.1.2 Coalition Government = When two or more parties join together to form
government because no single party has enough seats to rule alone.
1.1.3 The Reichstag (German Parliament) was set on fire and burnt down on 27 Feb
1933.
1.1.4 Nazis used panic to their advantage:
- Blamed communists for the fire to create anti-communism
- Turned public against communists (their main opponents)
- Persuaded President to pass emergency decree suspending civil liberties (
speech, press, assembly)
- Police could search houses, confiscate property, detain indefinitely.
Concentration camps set up for 4000 communists.
*SOURCE 1B: Undesirable Groups & Master Race*
1.2.1 Excluded because they were regarded as undesirable or
racially impure.
1.2.2
(a) Jehovah's Witnesses - Because of their religious beliefs
(b) Mentally/physically disabled - Did not conform to Nazi ideal of pure
master race
1.2.3 Black men and mixed children sterilized to maintain racial purity and
prevent mixed race. Nazis wanted more "pure blood" children, not mixed.
1.2.4 Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, created Lebensborn project.
1.2.5 Girls taken into Lebensborn to secretly give birth to babies fathered by SS
*Topic: How did Hitler and the Nazi Party deal with undesirable groups in
Germany in the 1930s?*
*District: Bojanala | CAPS 2026 | 50 Marks*
*SECTION A ANSWERS*
*SOURCE 1A: Reichstag Fire 1933*
1.1.1 Two reasons for new elections:
- Hitler knew he lacked a majority in Reichstag
- Nazis wanted majority to rule unopposed without
coalition
1.1.2 Coalition Government = When two or more parties join together to form
government because no single party has enough seats to rule alone.
1.1.3 The Reichstag (German Parliament) was set on fire and burnt down on 27 Feb
1933.
1.1.4 Nazis used panic to their advantage:
- Blamed communists for the fire to create anti-communism
- Turned public against communists (their main opponents)
- Persuaded President to pass emergency decree suspending civil liberties (
speech, press, assembly)
- Police could search houses, confiscate property, detain indefinitely.
Concentration camps set up for 4000 communists.
*SOURCE 1B: Undesirable Groups & Master Race*
1.2.1 Excluded because they were regarded as undesirable or
racially impure.
1.2.2
(a) Jehovah's Witnesses - Because of their religious beliefs
(b) Mentally/physically disabled - Did not conform to Nazi ideal of pure
master race
1.2.3 Black men and mixed children sterilized to maintain racial purity and
prevent mixed race. Nazis wanted more "pure blood" children, not mixed.
1.2.4 Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, created Lebensborn project.
1.2.5 Girls taken into Lebensborn to secretly give birth to babies fathered by SS
