Nazi Police State

Question 1

When was the SS formed?

Answer 1

In 1925 as part of the SA

Question 2

When did the SS replace the SA as Hitler’s main security force?

Answer 2

After the Night of the Long Knives

Question 3

What did the SS wear?

Answer 3

All-black uniforms (Known as blackshirts)

Question 4

Who was in charge of the SS?

Answer 4

Heinrich Himmler

Question 5

How did the Nazis control race within the SS?

Answer 5

Members had to be pure Aryans

Question 6

What were the SS responsible for?

Answer 6

The removal of Nazi opposition?

Question 7

How many members did the SS have in 1934?

Answer 7

50,000

Question 8

When was the Gestapo set up and by whom?

Answer 8

In 1933 by Hermann Göring

Question 9

What happened to the Gestapo in 1936

Answer 9

Came under control of the SS and led by Reinhard Heydrich

Question 10

What was the purpose of the Gestapo?

Answer 10

To arrest and imprison enemies of the state without trial

Question 11

How many people had been arrested by the Gestapo for political reasons by 1939?

Answer 11

160,000

Question 12

When and where was the first concentration camp opened?

Answer 12

In April 1933 at Dachau

Question 13

Name some other locations of concentration camps in Germany?

Answer 13

Buchenwald, Mathausen, Sachsenhausen

Question 14

How were prisoners divided in concentration camps?

Answer 14

They were categorised and wore different coloured armbands to denote crimes