Nazi Control of Germany 1933-45

Question 1

What were the SS

Answer 1

• formed in 1925 and were fanatic loyals to hitler

- destroyed SA in 1934, so became a huge organisation with many different responsibilities

Question 2

what were SS men

Answer 2

Aryans, highly trained and loyal to Hitler

Question 3

Two sub divisions of the SS

Answer 3

Death’s Head units and the Waffen-SS

Question 4

what were the Death Head units of the SS

Answer 4

responsible for the concentration camps and slaughter of the Jews

Question 5

what were the Waffen-SS

Answer 5

special SS armoured regiments which fought along the regular army

Question 6

what were the gestapo

Answer 6

the secret state police.

Question 7

what could the gestapo do

Answer 7

arrest citizens on suspicion and send them to concentration camps without trial or explanation

Question 8

who led the SS

Answer 8

heinrich himmler

Question 9

who were the gestapo under command of

Answer 9

Reinhand Heydrich

Question 10

What were concentration camps

Answer 10

The Nazi’s ultimate sanction against their own people. They were set up almost as soon as Hitler took power. The first concentration camps in 1933 were simply makeshift prisons in disused factories and warehouses, but were soon built in rural areas

Question 11

who ran the concentration camps

Answer 11

the SS Death head units

Question 12

what happened in concentration camps

Answer 12

• prisoners forced to do hard labour
• food was limited
• prisoners suffered harsh discipline, beatings and random executions
• by the late 1930’s deaths in the camps became increasingly common and very few people emerged alive from them
• Jews, Socialists, unionists, churchmen and anyone else brave enough to criticise the Nazis ended up there