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The Police State Flashcards

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1
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What had the SS originally been established as?

A

Hitler’s elite private bodyguard

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2
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What does SS stand for?

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Schutz-Staffel (protection squad)

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3
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Who led the SS?

A

Heinrich Himmler

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4
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When was the SS established?

A

1925

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5
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By 1936, how many men did the SS have?

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50,000

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6
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Who were the SS fiercely loyal to?

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Hitler

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7
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What did the SS help Hitler accomplish in June 1934?

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The Night of the Long Knives

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8
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What powers did the SS have?

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Almost unlimited powers to:

  • arrest people without trial
  • search houses
  • confiscate property
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9
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What did the SS run?

A

Concentration camps

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10
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When was the first concentration camp established?

A

1933

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11
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What was the first concentration camp established?

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Dachau - near Munich

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12
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Initially, who was sent to concentration camps?

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Mostly Communists - but also trade unionists and other opponents of the regime

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13
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What would prisoners experience at concentration camps?

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Questioning, hard labour, torture, and ‘re-education’

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If a prisoner died in a camp, what would the Nazis say happened to them?

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They died of pneumonia (or a similar disease) OR died trying to escape

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15
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How did the regime benefit from concentration camps?

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The Nazis used their prisoners for slave labour, extracting raw materials and manufacturing weapons

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16
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When did concentration camps become ‘death camps’?

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Not until the 1940s - although they were places of great suffering, they weren’t death camps until WWII

17
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What was the Gestapo?

A

The secret police

18
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Who led the Gestapo?

A

Heydrich

19
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Name four of the Gestapo’s methods

A

1) Tapped telephones
2) Intercepted mail
3) Spied on people
4) Used a network of informers

20
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Specifically, which sub-section of the SS ran concentration camps?

A

The Death’s Head Unit

21
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After June 1936, who did the Gestapo come under the ultimate control of?

A

Himmler - the head of the SS

22
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What did the Gestapo have throughout Germany?

A

A network of informers

23
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What was a Block Warden?

A

A local Nazi who had to report to the government on the ‘political reliability’ of the Germans living in their housing block

24
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What was the role of the Block Warden?

A

To be the eyes and ears of the Nazis

25
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Give 4 examples of things a Block Warden report a person for:

A

1) Telling anti-Hitler jokes
2) Refusing to support the Party
3) Hosting illegal political meetings
4) Not flying the Nazi flag on celebration days

26
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Which part of the police state did Germans fear most?

A

Probably the Gestapo

27
Q

What did the Nazis do to the POLICE and LEGAL system when they came to power?

A

Simply took control of them

28
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Who did the police come under the control of?

A

The police were commanded by the SS

29
Q

Who did judges have to swear an oath to?

A

Hitler

30
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How many crimes were punishable by death in 1933?

A

3

31
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How many crimes were punishable by death in 1943?

A

46

32
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Give two examples of crimes punishable by death

A

1) Listening to foreign radio (e.g. BBC World Service)
2) Publishing anti-government leaflets

33
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What did the courts ignore?

A

Crimes committed by Nazi agents

34
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What did judges have to join?

A

The National Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law

35
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What court was established in 1934?

A

The People’s Court

36
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What cases were tried in the People’s Court?

A

Treason cases (betraying one’s country)

37
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What did Hitler sometimes do when a sentence from the People’s Court was too lenient?

A

He would sometimes personally alter the sentence

38
Q

Which historian argues terror was the key factor in the Nazis’ control of Germany?

A

Richard Evans

CIE iGCSE History - Germany 1918-45 (37 decks)

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