The Police State Flashcards

1
Q

What were the SS originally?

A

A group of 500 men, who were Hitler’s bodyguards

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2
Q

When were the SS formed?

A

1925

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3
Q

Who were they led by and when?

A

Himmler 1929

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4
Q

When were they given their uniforms?

A

1932

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5
Q

How many SS were there in the 1930’s?

A

240,000

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6
Q

When were the SD formed and by who?

A

Himmler

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7
Q

Who was made their leader?

A

Heydrich

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8
Q

What did the SD do?

A

Kept card indexes on suspects

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9
Q

Where were the card indexes kept?

A

Brown House, the headquarters of the Nazi Party

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10
Q

How many SD officers were there?

A

50,000

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11
Q

Who were the Gestapo?

A

Non-uniformed police

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12
Q

When were the Gestapo set up?

A

1933

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13
Q

Who took over the Gestapo in 1936?

A

Himmler

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14
Q

What did the Gestapo do?

A

Spied on people and tapped into their phones

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15
Q

How many did the Gestapo arrest by 1939?

A

160,000

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16
Q

What did the Gestapo have permission to do?

A

Torture people

17
Q

When was the first concentration camp set up?

A

1933

18
Q

What was the first concentration camp?

A

Dachau

19
Q

How many people were taken into concentration camps between 1933-39?

A

225,000

20
Q

Who were placed in concentration camps?

A

Undesirables

21
Q

Who ran concentration camps?

A

SS and SA

22
Q

In 1939 how many people were under “protective arrest”?

A

150,000

23
Q

How many were legally executed between 1933-1945?

A

33,000