Nazi Control and Opposition Flashcards
Who were the main intelligence gathering organisation?
SD
What was the aim of concentration camps?
To concentrate enemies of the state, not to kill them (death camps came later)
Who did judges have to take an oath of loyalty to?
Hitler
What is the most famous organisation in the SS?
Gestapo
What did the SS uniform and logo look like?
Black uniforms and the logo was 2 s made to look like a lightning bolt
Most information was gathered from who?
The public people
What were the SD focused on?
Opposition to the party itself, particularly from the church
In concentration camps the prisoners were kept where and made to do what?
In barracks and manual labour
What was the name of the harshest court?
The people’s court
What techniques did the gestapo ruthlessly use on potential enemies?
Torture techniques
The Nazis also used who as information
Block leaders
Who was the SD lead by?
Reinhad Hendrich
What did the Reich Press Chamber allow the nazis to do
Control newspapers
By 1939 what fraction of newspapers did the nazis own?
2/3
What did the Reich Culture Chamber do?
Supervised and regulated all culture including art, theatre, literature and architecture
What culture was promoted?
Culture that emphasized aryan strength
What was abstract culture for example art using only shapes was deemed as what?
Degenerate meaning alien, wicked and undesirable
What was the most modern type of media and through what did the nazis control it?
Films were controlled through the Reich Film Chamber
Why did the nazis try to limit foreign films coming into Germany?
So that only German films were shown in cinemas
Why did the nazis hold rallies?
To show their strength
What were rallies
They were like festivals with marches, speeches and parades
What were held in Berlin in 1936
The Olympic games and they were used as propaganda
What were taken down during the Olympics
Antisemitic signs
All national and local radio stations were controlled through the what?
Reich Radio Company
By 1939 what percent of people had a radio in their homes?
70
How many people’s receivers were made in 1933?
1.5 million
Some examples of nazi opposition?
Swing kids, Christian youth, social Democrats, jehovah’s witnesses, edelweiss pirates, pope pius xi, martin niemoller, young communists, the comunists, white rose
