Control And Opposition Flashcards
What is a police state
Where those in power have total and absolute control over its citizens.
Examples of what happens in a police state
Citizens are executed
Citizens live in fear
Terror used to ensure people show loyalty
Citizens can be jailed without a fair trial
Mass arrests on those seen as enemies of the state
Citizens are spied on.
Who was the leader of the ss?
Heinrich Himmler
What did the SS do
Took responsibility for police, security, intelligence and enforcing nazi race rules
What were the 3 branches of the SS called?
The kripo
Gestapo
SD
What did the kripo do
Carried out general policing duties in Germany
What did the gestapo do and what law did they have on their side to do this?
They took responsibility for hunting down Nazi opposition.
Gestapo law 1936- Gestapo had power to do anything they wanted e.g imprison people without trial
What did the SD do? And who were they led by?
The SD were the intelligence arm, they monitored the security of the reich. They were led by Reinhard Heydrich.
What were the special people’s courts?
Nazis took control of the judicial system in Germany. They called it the special people’s courts.
Had Nazi only judges, No juries and no right to/ no defence lawyer.
Who where the SS-TV
The SS-TV where a branch of the SS that ran the concentration camp.
What is propaganda
Political advertising
What is censorship
Removing information
What laws were made to increase censorship
The law against malicious gossip banned anti-Nazi jokes and Hitler jokes were punishable by death.
Who was the minister of popular enlightenment and propaganda.
Josef Gobbles
What did Gobbles establish to control German culture
He established the Reich chambers of culture.
