Catalogue question 164 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What happened in Germany on 9 November 1938?
- The Second World War begins with the attack on Poland.
- The National Socialists lose an election and dissolve the Reichstag.
- Jewish shops and synagogues are destroyed by National Socialists and their supporters. Correct
- Hitler becomes Reich President and bans all parties.
Why — for every option
- A — The attack on Poland, and thus the start of the war, was on 1 September 1939, not 9 November 1938.
- B — The Nazi party did not lose an election in 1938 — there were no longer any free elections at that time.
- C — Correct: during the night of 9–10 November 1938, the November Pogroms organised by the National Socialists took place, in which synagogues and Jewish shops were destroyed throughout Germany.
- D — Hitler never became Reich President; he never held that office, and Hindenburg only died in 1934, after which Hitler merged the offices of Reich Chancellor and Reich President into "Führer" — not on 9 November 1938.
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