The Police State Flashcards
1
Q
What were the SS originally?
A
A group of 500 men, who were Hitler’s bodyguards
2
Q
When were the SS formed?
A
1925
3
Q
Who were they led by and when?
A
Himmler 1929
4
Q
When were they given their uniforms?
A
1932
5
Q
How many SS were there in the 1930’s?
A
240,000
6
Q
When were the SD formed and by who?
A
Himmler
7
Q
Who was made their leader?
A
Heydrich
8
Q
What did the SD do?
A
Kept card indexes on suspects
9
Q
Where were the card indexes kept?
A
Brown House, the headquarters of the Nazi Party
10
Q
How many SD officers were there?
A
50,000
11
Q
Who were the Gestapo?
A
Non-uniformed police
12
Q
When were the Gestapo set up?
A
1933
13
Q
Who took over the Gestapo in 1936?
A
Himmler
14
Q
What did the Gestapo do?
A
Spied on people and tapped into their phones
15
Q
How many did the Gestapo arrest by 1939?
A
160,000
