Control in Nazi Germany Flashcards
What did Germany become after 1933?
A terror state
Who was Heinrich Himmler?
Head of the SS and controlled the following:
-The SS
-Police and law courts
-Concentration camps
-The Gestapo
How were the Police and law courts controlled?
Police ignored crimes committed by Nazi’s, Judges controlled by Nazi’s,
amount of death penalty crimes increased.
What were the Gestapo?
Secret police used as informers, highly feared, plain clothing.
What were the SS’s 3 sections?
The SD, The Waffen SS, The Death’s Head Units
What did the SD do?
Security
What did the Waffen SS do?
Army unit
What did the Death’s Head Unit’s do?
oversaw concentration camps then death camps
Concentration camps
Set up from beginning of 1933-political opposition and minority groups sent there,
when were Death camps set up from in Poland?
1942