nazi control and opposition Flashcards
why was it impossible to oppose nazi rule
himmlers SS, secret service,
gestapo, concentration camps,
how many SS members were there by 1933
52,000
what was the secret service
a way for the nazis to monitor the german people, main official intelligence force, its role was to identify enemies of the nazis;
any killings were done by the gestapo
what did the gestapo do
spied on the public to identify and remove opposition
who led the gestapo before himmler
goring
what groups did the gestapo focus on
jews, homosexuals,
what was the role of concentration camps
to seperate those considered a threat to society
who ran the concentration camps
mostly the SA
how many people were in the concentration camps by 1933
7000 camps were set up for 45,000 communists
five ways in which nazis shared their propaganda
newspapers, films, berlin olympics, rallies, radios,
what was the editors law
nazis could control contents of newspapers, this meant that editors were personally responsible for content and not allowed to print anything which could weaken the german reich
