Consolidation of Power- Terror & repression in the Nazi state Flashcards
The SS and Waffen SS- When was the SS established
Who lead it?
1925
Heinrich Himmler
The Gestapo- When was the Gestapo established
1933
The SS and Waffen SS- How many men were a part of the SS in 1939?
900,000 men.
The concentration camp- what was the timeline of Concentration camps?
1933-45
The concentration camp- Between 1934-39 how many people were interned.
200,000
The concentration camp- When did the concentration camps become work death camps? and why
1939
Germany acquired new territory
prisoners worked till death
Treatment of Minority Groups- How were homosexuals treated?
where illegal
worked in death camps
Treatment of Minority Groups- How were the Romani treated? what happened to them?
Inferior people
not racially german
1940 gypsies were sent to poland death camps
200,000 killed by end of the war
Treatment of Minority Groups- how were the disabled treated?
How many killed by T4?
How many people were killed in 1945
unfit
not considered to have a life worth living
70,000 killed by T4
1945 275,000 people killed
Nationalism & the Jews- What were the views towards Jews in 19th Century Germany? (Weimar)
Acceptance fought in ww1
Weimar Jews had equal rights with other Germans
However, some believed Jews were “not German” & needed to be excluded.
Hitlers anti-semitism- What were Hitlers views on blood purity?
Believed civilisations decline when ‘blood purity’ not maintained – gov must preserve.
Jews = parasitic – believed in ‘Jewish’ conspiracy + responsible for Germany’s defeat in WW1.
Persecution of Jews- Examples of anti-semitism in 1922-35?
1933 -35; passed laws to removed Jews from civil service + restricted access to school
Boycotted Jewish business.
Expelled from art + cultural – however Nazis wary about international criticism
Persecution of Jews- What did the 1935 Nuremberg Laws do to Jews?
Isolated Jews – forbade marriage btwn Germans + Jews.
Stripped Jews of citizenship.
Persecution of Jews- What did the 1937 Nuremberg Laws do to Jews?
all Jewish business had to registered + some seized.
Prevented from using public spaces.
Issued ‘identification papers’ – ‘red J on passport’.
Publication of anti Jewish literature;
The Poisonous Mushroom + Der Strumer.
The Night of Broken Glass- What happened on 9th November 1938 to Jewish People?
SA + SS troops smashed + brunt property w approval of leadership.
1000+ synagogues attacked, 7000 shops, 1000 Jews killed.
20,000 Jews rounded up + placed in camps.
