Topic 6 Flashcards
What was the Reich Chamber of Culture?
Controlled art,theatre and music so that it all created an image of German greatness.
Who were the Gestapo?
The Nazi’s secret police force.
What was the National Socialist League for the Maintenance for Law?
A league all judges had to join
Hitler had to agree on all the judges
The judges decided innocent or guilty not the jury
Hitler could alter sentences
All judges had to support Nazi ideology
What were concentration camps before 1939?
Work camps where homosexuals,Jew,communists,political enemies, vagrants etc were sent
What was the SD?
The SS intelligence gathering agency
Why were people scared?
The Gestapo did not wear uniform and had many spies
Anyone that send anything criticising Nazis would be arrested without trial
People disappeared for months
Rumours of experiences of concentration camps were spread
Denunciation
Who were the SS?
Led by Himmler
Wore black uniform
Aryan men
Most powerful organisation which oversaw the Gestapo and SD
What was propaganda and censorship?
Propaganda which promoted Nazi ideals
Newspapers couldn’t publish anything bad about the Nazis
Books were burned
Radios were cheap and put in public places
Nuremberg annual rallies
1936 olympics
Cinema showed Nazi support
“Work and bread”
What were conditions like in concentration camps before 1939?
People would be beat
Starvation
Useless work like breaking stones
Died from wounds
Who was Herman Goering?
Leader of the Luftwaffe
