Nazi Control and Dictatorship Flashcards
What is a police state?
A state in which the police are used to control what people do and say. These police are often secret.
What was the role of the SS?
To be personal bodyguards for Hitler, they were loyal to Hitler and they carried out the role of racial purification.
What was the Gestapo?
They were Hitler’s non-uniformed secret police force set up by Hermann Goering. They could not be told apart from normal Germans. They arrested people who spoke out against Nazi ideas and offenders could be sentenced without trial.
What were the first Nazi concentration camps like?
The first CC was opened in Dachav in 1933. They were often located in isolated areas outside cities. Inmates where political prisoners or “undesirables” such as Jews.
What was the SD?
The SD was a security force, allowing the Nazi Party to monitor its opponents. Heinhard Heydrich was the leader. They kept a card index with people suspected of opposing the Nazis or German government at home and abroad.
What did Hitler do to law courts?
He took control of what happened in courts. He set up the national socialist league for the maintenance of law, insistent that all judges must be members. Judges who supported Nazi ideas were often given freedom to punish people who had not broken the law. He also set up the new people’s court to hear all treason cases with handpicked judges.
How did Hitler conform with the Catholic church?
Their was a concordat between Hitler and the pope. This meant that priests could not interfere with politics and had to swear loyalty to the national socialist league and Hitler would allow freedom of worship for Catholics.
How did the protestants collaborate with Hitler?
Some protestants were grateful that Hitler had protected them from communists that they worked with the Nazis and some had flags inside their churches.
How did Catholics resist Hitler?
Catholics still owed alliance to the pope not Hitler. they had their own schools and taught different values to the Nazis.
How did the Catholics oppose Hitler?
The pope publically criticised Hitler, when he realises that the concordat is useless.
What did the Nazis do in response to Catholic opposition?
Many priests were harassed and placed into concentration camps, Catholic schools were closed down and Catholic youth activities were banned.
How did protestants oppose Hitler?
Many protestants opposed Hitler’s policies, some speaking out against him.
Who was Martin Neil-Moller?
One of the people who set us the pastor’s emergency league. He was chancellor but opposed Nazi interference. He was sent to a concentration camp and the PEL was banned.
