How Did The Nazis Keep Control Flashcards
How did Hitler use Terror to keep control
He used the SS to terrorise German People,The people who were brave enough to oppose the Nazis were put in concentration Camps and the Gestapo spied on the German People to find anybody going against the Nazi Regime in Private
What was the SS
Hitler’s own Secret Service bodyguards who also terrorised his opponents and German people
What was the Gestapo
Hitler’s secret police that had eyes and ears everywhere in Germany
Who was head of Propoganda
Joseph Goebbels
What were some of the rules on german Propoganda
No books were allowed to be published withoyt Goebbels permission,Anti Nazi newspapers were closed,only films carrying an anti nazi message were shown,Nobody was allowed to listen to foreign radio,There were rallies organised and posters all over Germany
How did Hitler use Youth to keep in Control
Hitler knew that to keep the Nazi Regime going they needed to teach the young,At school they focused on The rise of the Nazis,Evils of communism and Why Aryans are superior to all other races they also added in Pro Nazi or Anti Semetic Questions in other subjects
What did all Young people have to Belong to in 1936 and what was it
The Hitler Youth it was like Scouts and Guides on the surface as Teenagers would go on camps,play sports,sang songs and marched in parades however this was all just boys being trained for obedient service ans Girls being prepared as Perfect German Mothers
How did Hitler use Economic sucess to keep control
He fufiled the promises he had made about Jobs which meant that even if people didn’t like the regime they had to suck it up otherwise they would be jobless