terror and persuasion Flashcards
what was the role of the SS?
-initially hitlers personal bodyguard
-set up concentration camps
-oversaw other organisations
when was the SS formed?
1925
how many members did the SS have in 1934?
more than 50,000 members
after the night of the long knives, what was the SS’s job?
responsible for the removal of opposition within germany
how many members were there in the SS and its various bodies in 1939?
250,000
who ran the SS?
heinrich himmler
what was the gestapo?
-the secret police force
-monitored the german population for signs of opposition to nazi rule - arrested opposition
-helped by german people reporting fellow citizen
when was the gestapo set up?
1933
who ran the gestapo?
goering
how many people in german were under arrest for political crimes in 1939?
160,000
when was the SD set up?
1931
what was the SD’s job?
-the intelegence body of the nazi party
-aimed to discover political enemies and remove them
who ran the SD?
Heydrich
why were concentration camps established?
to confine enemies of state
what did judges have to become members of under the nazi regime? what additional thing did they also have to do?
-the Nationalist Socialist League for the Maintinence of Law
-had to swear an oath of loyalty to the furher
when was the german lawyers front established? how many members did it have by the end of the year?
-1933
-10,000
what was the minister of justice?
an additional role introduced that would check if judges had been too lenient
when did judges have to start wearing the swastika and nazi eagle?
1936
what did Hitler have the power to do if he felt judge’s sentences were too soft?
had the power to alter sentences if he thought they were too soft
when was the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda set up?
1934
who set up the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda?
Josef Goebbles
what was the purpose of the Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda?
-control the thoughts and beliefs of the german people
-used radio, cinema ect
how did Goebbles use cinema as a form of propaganda?
-used it to glorify the actions of the nazis
-made anti-semetic films
-a state run professional school for politically reliable fim-makers was founded
nazis used mass rallies as propaganda - an example of a mass rally was the annual mass rally in …
Nuremburg every August
