December Mocks (8 Marker,police State) Flashcards
Who led the SS?
Himmler
What is what is the SS and what did you have to do to get in?
Hitler’s private army
Prove German ancestry
What is the gestapo?
Branch of the SS led by Reinhard Heydrich,
What did People who went to the gestapo do
Forced to sign the D 11 to go to the concentration camp
What did the gestapo hire people todo
Die spies who reported suspicious activity or a crime against the state
What will people stuck in the streets to do? (gestapo)
Prove their identity, if not, they were arrested
When was the People’s Court set up?
1934
What was the people courts set up for?
Judge those accused of crimes against the state
How many Germans were found guilty by 1939
1/4 million
What kind of people went to concentration camps?
Criminals
Gypsies
Political
Jews
Homosexuals
What are the conditions like in the concentration camps?
Hard with limited food/water, the death rate was high
What was the first concentration camp
Dachau near Munich
Impact of the police state on the lives of the German people
Negative impact
Teachers reported things children said in class
People were afraid to talk in public as anyone could be a spy
If anyone was suspected of being an anime, they went to the HQ and signed, the D11
