Controlling & Influencing Attitudes Flashcards
Which groups mainly instilled fear into the people ?
SS
Gestapo
SS
Total obedience to Hitler
Became responsible for the removal of opposition
Lead by Himmler
Gestapo
Secret state police
- 1936 lead by Himmler
Their aim was to arrest those suspected of treason and send them to Concentration Camps
SD
Secret Service
1931
Lead by Himmler
Aim was to discover potential enemies of the Nazi Party and eliminate them
Concentration Camps
1933
Original purpose was to imprison political opponents
However they began imprisoning different groups
Lady
Gypsies
Gay
Jews
Sexual offenders
Political prisoners
Non German ethnic groups
Religious groups that opposed the Nazi regime
What were prisoners forced to do in concentration camps?
In the beginning they were made to do pointless work like breaking stones
But eventually they were forced to do hard work such as construction and work in coal mines
Nazi Control Of The Legal System
Nazi views were upheld in courts
People’s Court was introduced to try cases of treason
What did the judges have to do?
Swear allegiance to Hitler
Wear the swastika and Nazi eagle on their robes
Become members of the Nationalist Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law
Catholic Church
Signed Concordat with Pope in 1933
Broke this agreement a few months later:
Priests were harassed and arrested
Catholics schools were disturbed and then abolished
Catholic Youth Movemnets were closed down
Monasteries were closed
Why did Hitler see the Catholic Church as a threat ?
Catholics owed allegiance to pope and not to Hitler
Catholic schools delivered different messages to the Nazi message
Supported Centre Party
Christianity had very different beliefs to Nazism (racial superiority)
Who were the German Christians ?
Protestants that admired Hitler
What did Hitler establish in order to combine all the protestants ?
Reich Church
In which ways was propaganda controlled in Nazi Germany?
All aspects of the media were carefully controlled and censored
Newspapers/ magazines that weren’t Nazi were closed down
All film plots were given to Goebbels before being made/ produced
Radio stations were put under Nazi control
No jazz or modern music - only classical
No modern art - art was to show ideal Nazi life
Berlin Olympics
1936
Used as propaganda
Hitler wanted to show the outside world how great of a nation Germany was
Took down all negative posters to impress the public
All camera shots were supervised
