police state Flashcards
what was the ss orginally?
240 men and set up in 1925.
who was ss run it?
1929 run by Heinrich himmler
what was the ss main role?
nazi party own private police force and loyal to hitler and himmler
how many members did ss have in 1930?
240,000
when was the sd formed and by who ?
in 1931 by himmler but Reinhard heydrich
what was the sd main role?
had a card index with details of everyone it suspected of opposing the nazi party.
kept at brown house
who set up the gestapo and when?
1933 by goering but in 1934 put under ss control and in 1936 heydruch became leader.
how many members did gestapo have?
no more than 30,000 to police population of about 80 million
how many did they arrest by 1939?
160,000
how many in Hamburg?
fewer than 50 officers and most clerical staff
how many people in prison by 1939?
150,000 under protective arrest
when was the first concern ration camp?
dachau 1933
where was the first camp for women?
moringen
what league did hitler set up?
nazi socialist league for the maintenance of the law
how did hitler control LAW COURTS?
abolished trial by jury.
set up a new peoples court.
1934 to 39, 534 people sentenced to death for politcal offences
1930 to 32 only 8 people .
how many germans were christians?
1/3
when did hitler reach a concordat?
July 1933
what did he agree?
not to interfere with catholic schools
priests won’t interfere with politics and ordered German bishops to swear loyalty
what did hitler do later?
harassed arrested catholic priests
catholic schools brought in line with state schools c
catholic youth activities banned.
what did pope PIUS XI do and when?
1937 issued a stinging criticism of nazi regime in statemment’ with burning anxiety’
when was the reich form formed and who was the leader?
1936 combination of Protestant church and lead by Ludwig muller
what was the rules?
protestant pastor allowed to continue providing services
allowed nazi swatiska to be displayed in churches
jews shouldn’t be baptised into reich church and jewish teachings from Old Testament should be excluded from christian teaching
what did Germany become?
totalitarian state.
