Terror state Flashcards

1
Q

What were the 4 police organisations that helped to create a terror state

A

SS, SD, gestapo and orpo

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2
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Who was the leader of the SS

A

Himmler

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3
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When was the SS founded

A

4th April 1925

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4
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What were the SS uniform like

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Tailored to project authority and fear

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5
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What were the SS willing to do

A

Carry out security related duties without regard for legal restraint

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6
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What was a special branch of the SS best classified as dispositional groups and were trained well

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Verfugungstruppe

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7
Q

What was the recruiting like for SS

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Between the age of 17 and 23 and had to be at least 5”9, also had to be racially pure disciplined and have absolute discipline

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8
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Why was the SS originally created

A

To protect Hitler

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9
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Around how many members did the SS have

A

Half a million

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10
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Who did the SS take control of in 1936

A

SD and gestapo

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11
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Who were the SD

A

Nazi intelligence agency (secret service)

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12
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What activities did the SS partake in

A

Surveillance

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13
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Who were the SD under the command of

A

Heydrich

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14
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How many members were in the SD by 1934

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850 full time

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15
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When was the SD created

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August 1931

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16
Q

Who were the gestapo

A

Secret state police

17
Q

Who did the gestapo often accompany into land

A

Army

18
Q

How did the gestapo display dominance

A

House searches and brutal interrogations

19
Q

What did the gestapo enforce

A

Nazism’s most radical views

20
Q

When did the gestapo operate

A

Between 1933 and 1945

21
Q

Who was given control of the gestapo in 1934

A

Himmler

22
Q

Who founded the gestapo

A

Himmler

23
Q

When was the orpo founded

A

June 26th 1936

24
Q

Who established the orpo

A

Himmler

25
Q

Who led the orpo

A

Daluege

26
Q

By mid 1940 how many men was in the orpo

A

500

27
Q

What was the orpo

A

Municipal police, operated within the criminal police at local level monitoring and controlling social and political behaviour

28
Q

What were some jobs the orpo did

A

Guarded ghettos, facilitated deportations and hunted Jews in hiding

29
Q

Why was there such a variety of policing methods

A

So they can oversee and control all the different aspects of society

30
Q

How did people react to such policing

A

Scared as they did not know who to trust and who was a part of these organisations

31
Q

How would the military likely act towards the policing methods

A

Under threat as their position is being overran and they are becoming outnumbered