NAzi GovErnMent 😎🥸 Flashcards
What was Hitler’s leadership style?
Rarely in Berlin, instigated rulings verbally so nothing could be traced, delegated
What did Hitler’s leadership style result in?
“Working towards the Fuhrer” The idea that people fought for Hitler’s time and recognition, generals would act under Nazi ideology without consulting Hitler
How was confusion within government made?
Dualism
What was dualism?
Keeping old institutions running but also creating new ones run by Nazis
Examples of Dualism?
Gauleiter system, Foreign ministry, Special Courts/People’s Court
How did the law change for the public?
Citizens weren’t treated as equal, individuals could be arrested without a trial
Organizations involved in the police state?
SS controlled by Himmler, SD, SA (Rohm), Kripo, Orpo and Gestapo
What was the Gestapo?
A secret police originally set up in Prussia, Nazi’s extended countrywide
The Gestapo’s reputation?
The idea that they were all knowing and everywhere
How many Gestapo members were there in reality?
20,000 mostly office based workers
How did the Gestapo rely on the public?
They received information from citizens denouncing each other (snitching) Block leaders were established to report suspicions
Where the Gestapo effective?
Yes, even though heavily reliant on public terror, political debate and criticism was stifled, people adjusted their behavior
How did Hitler change the justice system?
He merged different offices and made the Front of German Law in 1933. Special Courts were set up in 1933 (Dualism)
How corrupt was the People’s Court?
From 1934-39 3400 people tried, the majority were former communists and socialists
How was the Police State made to look as helpful to the public?
They presented themselves as protectors against ethnic minorities
