Nazi Police State (Gestapo/SD/SS/Concentration Camps) Flashcards
give 3 things did Hitler have control over
politics
legal system
police
what tactics did shirker use to control Germany
fear tactics
threat
intimidation
give proof that fear and intimidation worked in controlling Germany
very little opposition between 1933-39
when was the Gestapo set up
1933
what were the Gestapo
Nazi secret police who looked for enemies to Nazi Regime
give 4 methods the Gestapo used to find enemies
torture
phone tapping
informers
searching mail
what were the SS
Hitlers personal body guards and police force
how many members in the SS and who was their leader
240,000 aryans under Himmler
what was the nickname for the SS
blackshirts
what were the SS in charge of
all police/ security forces in Germany
ran concentration camps
what were the SD
security force that monitored and kept files on Nazi opponents
who was the leader of the SD
Reinhard Heydrich
when was the first concentration vamp set up and where
1933 in Dachau
by 1939 how many germans were in concentration camps
150,000
who were the ‘undesirables’ in execution / concentration camps
Jews, prostitutes, homosexuals, black people