Nazis- Control Flashcards
Groups of Terror
Gestepo
SD
SS
Judges and Courts
Who did the SS control?
Spies, the Police, courts and concentration camps
How many people were given death sentence?
40,000
Who were the SD?
Group which supplied intelligence to the Gestepo
Found information of people that might be threats to the Nazis
Who were the Gestepo?
Secret Police
Spied on people, midnight raids, tapped phones and opened mail
Had informants (people who snitched)
How many officers were there?
15,000
Who gave oaths of loyalty to Hitler?
Judges, Police officers
Early Concentration Camps
Places of imprisonment for Nazi opposition
Made to do hard labour
21,000 by the start of the war
Propaganda
Took over newspapers
Censored content
Radios under Nazis
All radios were controlled by Goebells
Peoples Receivers (Nazi Radios)
Nazi films contained hidden messages (e.g. hating Jewish people/communists)
Berlin Olympics 1936 (Aryan Race)
Peoples Receivers
Sold as cheaply as possibly
70% Germans owned one by 1939
Short range that did not pick up French or British Radios
Nazi Adults Opposition
The Communists made a newsletter called the Red Flag but were easy targets for the Gestepo
The Church opposed the Nazi Ideology (peace and love to everyone)
Church Opposition
Martian Neimoller created a non-Nazi church where he preached against Nazi ideologys but was sent to concentration camps
Cardinal Galen preached against Nazis but were too important to arrest
Nazi Youth Opposition
Swing Youth- Angry for banning American culture (wore clothes and listened to music)
Edelweiss Pirates- Hated Hitler Youth
