The Police State (Nazi Germany)

Question 1

What were the requirements to get into the SS?

Answer 1

They had to be recognisably Aryan

Question 2

What was the point of the SS?

Answer 2

To defeat the opposition and carry out Nazi racial policies

Question 3

What could the SD do?

Answer 3

Arrest anyone for any reason, search homes and seize property

Question 4

Who were the Waffen SS?

Answer 4

They were an elite military unit

Question 5

What did the death heads do?

Answer 5

They ran the concentration camps

Question 6

How many members of the Gestapo were there?

Answer 6

15,000

Question 7

What did the Gestapo do?

Answer 7

Looked for opponents, tapped phones, opened mail and could jail anyone without trial

Question 8

What uniform did they wear?

Answer 8

They did not wear uniform

Question 9

How many people did the Gestapo imprison?

Answer 9

160,000 for political crimes

Question 10

How did the Gestapo get information?

Answer 10

They were informed by an informer

Question 11

Who ran the SS?

Answer 11

Heinrich Himmler

Question 12

Who controlled the town block?

Answer 12

A block warden

Question 13

What was ‘Dachau’?

Answer 13

It was a concentration camp intended to hold political prisoners

Question 14

When was Dachau set up?

Answer 14

1933

Question 15

Who was imprisoned in Dachau?

Answer 15

Political opponents, enemies and homosexuals

Question 16

What were camps like Dachau used for in 1939?

Answer 16

Slave labour

Question 17

Why were the courts biased?

Answer 17

Because they swore a loyalty oath to Hitler

Question 18

By 1943, how many crimes were punishable by death?

Answer 18

46

Question 19

How many people were sentenced to death by the courts between 1933-1939?

Answer 19

534