Methods of Fear/Intimidation

Question 1

One state party

Answer 1

All political parties in Germany were banned apart from the Nazis. Germany became a one party state

Question 2

Gestapo

Answer 2

The secret police (gestapo) was created, and they rounded up enemies of the state. They used torture to gain confessions

Question 3

Informers

Answer 3

Informers were employed by gestapo to inform in friend/neighbours or anything they thought was anti-Nazi

Question 4

Concentration camps

Answer 4

Concentration Camps such as Dachau were created and used to imprison political opponents

Question 5

Police state

Answer 5

A police state was created, and the SS used fear and punishment to enforce the obedience of the German people

Question 6

Peoples courts

Answer 6

“Peoples Courts” were set up. All judges had to be Nazis, the courts used to conviction anti-Nazi Germans