Nazi Germany 1933-39: Terror in the Regime

Question 1

What were the main methods of Nazi terror?

Answer 1

• SA (Disbanded in 1934)
• SS
• Gestapo
• Police
• Justice
• Camps

Question 2

What was the SA?

Answer 2

Were important in Hitler’s rise to power. Disbanded in 1934

Question 3

What was the SS?

Answer 3

Protection squad. Used terror and brute force to scare people into compliance

Question 4

What were the Gestapo?

Answer 4

An unknown number of spies who would report on members of the public. Fear of Gestapo caused compliance

Question 5

How did the police help the Nazi terror campaign?

Answer 5

They were controlled by the Nazis, and would arrest anyone who acted against the regime

Question 6

How did the judicial system help the Nazi terror campaign?

Answer 6

Judges were appointed by the Nazis. Trials were often unfair, and ,any were sentenced to death or concentration camps.

Question 7

How did concentration camps help the Nazi terror campaign?

Answer 7

Concentration camps were a constant threat to anyone who acted against the Nazis. There were many rumours about them, and they scared many into compliance