The Terror State Flashcards
How many officers did the SD have in 1939?
50,000
How many officers did the Gestapo have in 1939?
20,000
What was the Front of German Law?
It merged various associations of judges and lawyers into the League of National Socialist Lawyers, making clear to legal professionals that their career prospects depended upon their adherence with the regime, April 1933.
What were Special Courts and the People’s Court?
Comprised three judges from the Nazi Party and two professional judges. There were no juries and defendants had no rights of appeal against their sentences.
How many people were tried by the People’s Court between 1934 and 1939?
3,400
What percentage of the KPD’s membership was killed in 1933?
10%
How many strikes were reported in the whole of 1937?
250
How many people who participated in strikes in 1935 were imprisoned?
Of the 25,000 that participated, 4,000 were imprisoned.
How many people did the Gestapo arrest in 1938 at a munitions plant in Gleiwitz for absenteeism?
114
How many pastors were imprisoned by the end of 1937?
Over 700
When did the Pope issue the papal encyclical ‘With Burning Grief’?
1937
When was membership of the Hitler Youth made compulsory?
1936
Who was purged from the army leadership early in 1938 and why?
Defence Minister, General Blomburg and Commander-in-Chief of the army, General Fritsch, who expressed their doubts to Hitler over Anschluss and his invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Who sought to remove Hitler in a military coup over the invasion of Czechoslovakia?
Head of Army General Staff, General Beck
By the end of 1933, how many newspapers had the Nazis acquired with how many daily readers?
27, with a combined circulation of 2.4 million daily.
How many households owned a radio set by 1939?
70%
What percentage of radio staff were dismissed on racial or political grounds?
13%
When were all radio stations in Germany brought under the control of the Reich Radio Company?
April 1934
How many films were produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945?
10,000
How many people did the 1937 Nuremburg rally involve?
100,000
When were 20,000 books burnt in Berlin?
6th May 1933
