1933-39 keeping control Flashcards
thesis on gestapo or propaganda in keeping control
-gestapo bred fear - cultivated atmosphere in which propaganda could indoctrinate minds of German pppl - rejection of nazi ideals in propaganda may have circulated
what role did the gestapo play in keeping control
constant reminder hitler’s perceived omniscience in hitler myth
one point to how gestapo kept control and CA
ever present force - above law + imprison w/o trial
CA - 30,000 officers at peak
HOWEVER - evidence limited as ppl’s denunciations made up for small numbers in crafting atmosphere of omnipresence
second point on gestapo
denunciations - 80% voluntary = strong commitment
CA - mot ppl inspired by personal factors
BUT - regardless aim - still cultivated terror state
what role did propaganda play in maintain control
successful in reinforcing over countering existing ideals
-1933 ministry propaganda - gradual control w/ familiar habitual news paper
CA - media ‘ spiritual weapon of totalitarian state 56/70 million listen- NOT ALL POPULATION
but mass suggestion etc
another point in role propoganda
reich culture chamber to ‘promote German culture for benefit of volk’
-sculpture 1934 decree all public statues convey nazi message
-replace cultural pluralism after upheaval 1920s w/ aryan
what were the limitations of ‘furrier power’
no one person could operate all gov - dependent on sympathetic subordinates to put policies into effect
evidence of hitler’s lack of inclination to co-ordinate government
1933 cabinet meets 77 times // rivalry between factions rose
but evidence of hitler’s overall decisive role in gov
-ran policy ‘divide and rule’
-took control on big decisions over foreign policy
-hitler preserves authority
SS increase from 1929 to 1933
250 –> 52,0000 AS HIMMLER LEADER
who carried out 1934 night of long knives
SS
what happened in 1939 w/ police organisations
amalgamated to RSHA vice deduct himmler
1 function of the SS
intelligence gathering by SD - security etc - responsibility grew w/ occupied lands
what happened in 1936
Kripo linked w/ gestapo
what was the role of the gestapo in SS
policing - arrest and detain w/o trial maintain fear
what was the Waffen SS
armed SS 35 divisions in war (grew from 3)
what happened to Waffen SS influence
influence grew rapidly in war - political weakening of German army - 1938 14,000 soldiers in 3 units
what’s the new order
nazi term - racial economic + political integration third reich
what was gestaopo and SD under
RSHA
what was the SS described as
‘a state within a state’
by 1944 how powerful was the German army
rivalled German army - waffen S 3-35 divisions
what did the SS become responsible for in economy
new order of occupied Eastern Europe over 150 firms by 1945 - slaver labour raw materials etc