Topic 6 Terror And Persuasion Flashcards
Which 3 organisations made up the Nazi police state?
- SS
- Gestapo
- SD
Who was leader of the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
How many members did the SS have by 1934?
50,000
Which was the most important organisation in the nazi police state that oversaw the others?
SS
What was the Gestapo?
Nazis secret police force
What were members of the SS expected to be?
Racially pure Aryans
What were the SS responsible for?
- Removal of all opposition to the nazis in Germany
- running concentration camps where ‘enemies of state’ were sent
What was the SS originally set up as?
Hitlers personal bodyguard service
When were the SS originally formed?
1925
What were the Gestapo responsible for?
- monitor German population for signs of opposition/resistance to Nazi rule
What were the Gestapo able to do to suspected ‘enemies of state’?
Arrest and imprison them without trial
How many people by 1939 were under arrest for political crimes?
160,000
What were the SD?
An intelligence gathering service for the SS
Who was the leader of the SD and Gestapo?
Reinhard Heydrich (Himmler’s right hand man)
Who would the SD report their findings to?
SS and Gestapo
Who did the SD attract?
Professors/highly educated people
How were prisoners in concentration camps treated?
- underfed
- treated with brutality
- high mortality rates
When were the first concentration camps set up?
After Enabling Act was passed
What did all judges and lawyers have to join, forcing them to accept nazi policy?
National Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law and Order
Who by and when was the Gestapo set up?
Goering in 1933
What were 3 ways the Nazis controlled the courts and the legal system?
Nationalist Socialist League for Maintenance of Law and Order
German Lawyers Front, 10,000 members swore oath of loyalty to Hitler
New Peoples Court to try enemies of state
What was the rise in the number of crimes punishable by death between 1933 and 1943?
1933= 3
1943= 46
What did Joseph Goebbels set up in March 1934?
Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
What was the aim of the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda?
Control thoughts, beliefs and opinions of German people
What were 3 ways cinema was used as nazi propaganda?
Pro-nazi storylines
Film plots had to be shown to Goebbels before production
Official news reels glorifying Hitler shown with every film
How were rallies used as nazi propaganda?
Annual mass rally of over 10,000 in September at Nuremberg, showcase nazi regime, music/flags/banners, speech by Hitler
How many German families owned a radio by 1939?
70%
What did all musicians, writers and actors have to be members of?
Reich Chamber of Culture set up by Goebbels
How many writers were banned?
2500
What did Goebbels encourage students in Berlin to do in May 1933?
Burn 20,000 books by Jews and communists in mass bonfire
