Nazi Poilce State Topic 2 Flashcards
What groups made up the police state
SS
Gestapo
SD
Kripo
Law courts
What was the Nazi police state’s aim?
To stop opposition to the Nazis
Who was the SS led by
Himmler
What was the NAPOLAS
SS boarding schools. Schools producing future SS leaders.
How many members did the SS have in 1939
Quarter of a million
What two things did the SS run
Nazi concentration camps and later, during WW2 the extermination camps
What law removed German people’s rights and allowed people to be sent to camps
The decree for the protection of the people and state
What was it called, when was it made and where was the first concentration camp
Called Dachau
State of Bavaria
March 1933
6 groups of inmates in the concentration camps
Jews, communists, gypsies, homosexuals, alcoholics, prostitutes
What was the ss group that was in charge of specifically running the camps
“Deaths head units”
What does the GESTAPO stand for
Secret state police
Who was the gestapos leader
Heinrich Müller
What was the getsapos job
Hunting down Nazi opponents. They became ‘enemies of the state’
Who provided information to the gestapo
The information was supplied by informants. The informants often led the Gestapo into determining who was arrested
What did the Gestapo do to their prisoners
Beat them and used cytological torture.
