Hitler & the Third Reich: XIII - A to Z (Part 2) Quiz

Answer: William Joyce.

William Joyce - who should never be confused with the author James Joyce - moved to the United Kingdom at an early age, masqueraded as British, obtained a British passport on false pretences, and became an ardent Nazi. On 26 August 1939 he moved to Germany, where he made propaganda broadcasts. He was nicknamed "Lord Haw-Haw".

William Joyce was arrested after the war. The charge of high treason presented complex legal issues as he was not in fact British, and ultimately the case went to the House of Lords. As he had travelled on a British passport, with a presumed claim to British protection, he owed loyalty to the British Crown and was subject to English law on treason. As one of the judges said, "He travelled to Germany wrapped up in the Union Jack". He was hanged in 1946.

Otto John was a member of a resistance group opposed to the Nazis.

Heinz Jost was the leader of the Einsatzgruppen in the east.

Robert Jackson was the chief American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.

Answer: False

The mass killings were committed by the Soviet army in the Russian forest of Katyn.

The mass graves were located by the Germany army in April, 1943 and immediately used as a propaganda tool. When the Russians regained the territory around the Katyn Forest in September of the same year they immediately tried to cover up the event.

In 1943 Goebbels predicted the next phase of the Katyn forest massacre by writing the following entry into his diary: "Unfortunately we have had to give up Katyn. The Bolsheviks undoubtedly will soon 'find' that we shot 12,000 Polish officers. That episode is one that is going to cause us quite a little trouble in the future. The Soviets are undoubtedly going to make it their business to discover as many mass graves as possible and then blame it on us."

The Soviets would not accept responsibility for the massacre until the 1990s. In April 2010 the Russian government posted the relevant key documents online.

Answer: Karl Lüger (Mayor of Vienna).

The "Ostmark" was the name the Nazis gave to Austria after its annexation to Germany in 1938.

Lüger was the Mayor of Vienna, Austria from 1897 until 1910. He was very anti-semitic and greatly admired by Hitler.

Victor Lutze gave secret reports back to Hitler regarding the activities of Ernst Röhm and the S.A.
Hitler used information supplied by Lutze to draw up a list of names of those that would be murdered during the Night of the Long Knives.

Erich Ludendorff was involved in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, but was found not guilty of any crime. Unlike Hitler, he managed to avoid a stint in prison for his participation in the event.

Robert Ley started the "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength Through Joy) programme. He was also very anti-semitic. He was captured by the Allies and while memeawaiting trial at Nuremberg he wrote a letter to the famous car maker, Henry Ford, asking him for employment.

Answer: Madagascar.

The Madagascar plan was discussed in 1940 but it was never implemented. It was based on the assumption that Britain would be defeated in 1940. As we all now know, a more sinister plan was hatched instead, and the "Final Solution" came into effect.

Answer: Reinhard Heydrich was selected to implement the order.

The "Night and Fog" decree was ordered by Hitler and implemented via General Keitel.

It allowed the Gestapo to arrest any person deemed to be dangerous to Germany (either in Germany itself, or the occupied countries).

The victims would simply disappear without a trace "by night and in Fog".

The policy also meant no questions would be answered about the disappearances, and the relatives of the missing victims would not be given any confirmation (or denial) about the fate of their loved ones.

Answer: 11th Olympiad (Berlin).

Prior to the games, in 1933, the Nazi press claimed that the games were, "a festival dominated by Jews". Hitler soon changed his mind and saw it as a golden opportunity to show off Nazi Germany.

For the three week duration of the games, the Jewish population received a reprieve from the anti-Jewish campaign.

Answer: The Frozen Meat Medal.

To be eligible to receive an Ostmedaille was not a very pleasant experience!

The recipient had to be engaged in a combat situation on the Russian Front for a period of at least two weeks, had to spend 60 days in the operational area, and had to be either killed, wounded, or have an injury caused by frostbite.

Answer: The Star of David that Jews were required to wear.

The 'Pour le Sémite' was a play on words to describe the yellow Star of David that had to be worn by the Jews on their clothing. It was used mockingly and means 'For the Semite'.

'Pour le Mérite' means 'For Merit' and was established by Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia in 1740.

Answer: Traitor.

Quisling is not a word that the Norwegians are exactly proud of. It means traitor or collaborator.

Vidkun Quisling cooperated with the Nazis before, during and after the invasion of Norway. He was made the puppet Prime Minister of Norway by Hitler. He was executed in 1945, and the name of Quisling became synonymous with traitor.

Answer: A test pilot for the Luftwaffe.

Born in 1912, Reitsch was Hitler's favourite pilot. She was one of the last people to visit the Fuehrerbunker in the final days of the war. She gained the honour of being the first woman in the world to fly a jet powered aircraft in 1944.