Terror and Persuasion

Question 1

What organisations did the Nazis use to strike fear into the German population?

Answer 1

. SS - (Schutzstaffel) formed in 1925 to act as a personal bodyguard for Hitler.
. Gestapo - (GEheime STAatsPOlizei) set up in 1933 but came unde control of Nazis in 1933.
. SD - (Sicherhheitsdienst) set up in 1931 as the intelligence body of the Nazi Party.

Question 2

Who was the leader of propaganda for the Nazi Party?

Answer 2

. Joseph Goebbels
. Hitler used propaganda to persuade the Nazi population into following Nazi ideology.
. They controlled newspapers, music, theatre, architecture, art, radio, posters, books, cinema and rallies.

Question 3

Why was Joseph Goebbels important to Hitler?

Answer 3

. He controlled the public eye.

. If Hitler didn’t want opposition, he needed the public on his side.

Question 4

What did Hitler do to control the legal system?

Answer 4

. Introduced reichstag to Gleichschaltung - Create a socialist state would mean that politics would glorify the Nazis
. All judges had to be loyal Nazis.

Question 5

Why did Hitler introduce concentration camps?

Answer 5

. To confine those whom deemed to be their political, ideological and racial opponents.
. So they could punish their opposition out of the way of the public.