Terror & Policing

Question 1

Branches of State Police

Answer 1

SS
Orpo
SD
Gestapo
Kripo

Question 2

Orpo

Answer 2

Munical Police

Question 3

Kripo

Answer 3

Criminal Police (CID)

Question 4

Gestapo

Answer 4

Secret Police

Question 5

SD

Answer 5

Security Service
comprising Domestic and Foreign Intelligence

Question 6

RHSA

Answer 6

Reich Main Security Office
Formed by Henrich Himmler in 1939 to comprise all state police functions. Headed by Reinhard Heydrich until he was assisanted
Contained
SD
Kripo
Gestapo

Question 7

How did Hitler gain control of Police

Answer 7

Appointed Goring as Prime Minister of Prussia, which granted him authority over the Prussian Police.

Question 8

Himmler and Police

Answer 8

Himmler was orginally only appointed as chief of Bavarian Police, but by end of 1933 was chief of all German police forces except Prussia. By 1936 Goring capitulated and gave control to Himmler.

Question 9

How did the gestapo function

Answer 9

The Gestapo functioned on informants and members of the public submitting tips to root out information.
Blocklieters also informed

Question 10

Concentration Camps

Answer 10

All under SS control by 1939
Used Diferent coloured symbols to distingush inmates
Started with Political prisoners then Asocials then undersiable races.

Question 11

How many in the camps by 1939

Answer 11

25,000

Question 12

How many SS in 1933

Answer 12

52,000

Question 13

Proactive policing

Answer 13

First 18 monthes of nazi rule
backed by suspension of civil liberties in Reichstagg fire decree

Question 14

Order of Protective Custody

Answer 14

Used by Kripo and Gestapo to incarserate KPD, SPD and other oppostion in camps

Question 15

Gestapo Law 1933

Answer 15

Actions of police above review of courts and legal code

Question 16

Fear of Gestapo

Answer 16

German people left in permenant fear of informants of the Gestapo.

Question 17

Gestapo Sats Wurzburg

Answer 17

28 gestpo officers for 1 million people
relied on informants
reactive policing

Question 18

German public + terror

Answer 18

Terror exploited from the lower levels.
German public informed on one another for selish reasons
Interior minister forced to order police to deal with frivolous claims

Question 19

Polcing toward end of war

Answer 19

More terror used
targeting ordianry germans to inspire to continued fighting
Use of death penalty

Question 20

Death penalty

Answer 20

Weimar - only 16% of death sentences carried out
Nazi - 80%
46 offences punishesale by death
pre nazi - 3
1944 - 2000 of 4300 people tried in peoples court sentecned to death