Prominent Individuals Flashcards
1
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Hitler Role
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- final decision affected all laws, rights, freedoms
- nothing passes/possible w/o his backing
- maintained support of public for regime
2
Q
Joseph Goebbels
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skinny bitch looks like a frog
- chief minister for propaganda
- dissemination of Nazi ideas - radio + newspaper
- prevent criticism of Nazis - censorship
3
Q
Hermann Goering
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- headed Gestapo, Luftwaffe
- Head of Wehrmacht (army)
- 2nd in succession to Hitler
- created 4YP organisation, in charge of prepping GER economy for potential war + attaining self-sufficiency`
4
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Heinrich Himmler
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rat man glasses
- Beer Hall Putsch : early supporter
- 1929 - head of SS, instrumental in getting rid of Röhm. Also established SD 1931 (security service)
- chief of GER police
5
Q
Reinhard Heydrich
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kind of looks weirdly like dad
SS member originally
- controlled SD –> intelligence force
- climate of terror, political control, repression esp jews
6
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Ernst Röhm
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- one of Hitler’s closest allies before he was murdered in NoLK
- popular, 3m men under him in SA –> threatened Hitler’s power (his assassination is evidence of this)
