Nazi Germany Flashcards
How did the Nazis control the people through propaganda?
Joseph Goebbels indoctrinated and fooled people into supporting Nazi ideas
How did the Nazis control the people through terror?
Where people didn’t willingly follow or believe Himmler terrified them into inaction.
How was the SS divided?
The SD
The Gestapo
What was the role of the SS?
Hitlers bodyguard led by Himmler
Expanded to control all of Germany’s police and security by 1936
What was the role of the SD?
Security Service
Spies who investigated critics of the Nazis
Later participated in mass murders in occupied territories
What was the role of the Gestapo?
Secret state police
Hid in plain sight, fear was the main weapon
Relied on informants, few active agents
Prosecuted Nazi critics
In 1939 160,000+ Gestapo arrests
Who led the SD and the Gestapo?
Reinhard Heydrich
Why were concentration camps first created?
For political opponents
Minorities
Undesirables, like sex workers or gays
Those who spoke out against Hitler
How did Hitler control Judges and Law Courts?
All judges were forced to join the National Socialist League for Maintenance of the Law.
Should obey Nazis over the law
Trial by jury = banned, Nazi judges chose verdict
Name a famous Nazi judge?
Freisler- sentenced 90% of his defendants to death.
How did Hitler attempt to control religion?
He created Reich church in 1936
It allowed display of swastika in churches
Pastors preached Nazi Ideas
No old testament (Bun the Jews??)
How did the Nazis use sport for propaganda?
Hosted 1936 Olympics
Showcased German cultural and racial ‘superiority’
The world was impressed as Germany won the most medals
How did the Nazis use Rallies for Propaganda?
They were choreographed to give an impression of order and strength
One stadium could hold 200,000 people with banners and nazi sculptures.
How did nazis control art?
All painters + sculptures
Required to be members of the Reich Chamber of visual arts
Gestapo did surprise inspections
How did Hitler overturn the treaty of versailles?
German army expanded beyond 100,000
Secret programmes to design new tanks, planes and submarines began.
