Terror and repression

Question 1

What was a fundamental reason for the lack of opposition to the Nazis?

Answer 1

The scale of brutal repression launched in the period of 1933-45

Question 2

Examples of terror being used?

Answer 2

. 100,000 people were held in camps
. Brutal murders during the Night of the Long Knives

Question 3

How were the courts used during the mid-1930s?

Answer 3

To supress opposition:
. 5,000 people were convicted for high treason
. Prison population increased by 53,000 - 23,000 were classed as political prisoners

Question 4

Despite the Gestapo having a small number of members …

Answer 4

The network of informants made it hard for people to speak out - monitored party officials and normal public - constant fear

Question 5

What meant Nazis were in control of almost all aspects of the state?

Answer 5

Gleichschaltung - due to intense control people who might potentially oppose the regime were removed

• 1933 Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service purged the civil service - all trade unions were abolished