TOPIC 6 Terror And Pursuasion Flashcards
The Schutzstaffel (…..) were formed in …. as a …. unit for Hitler
SS
1925
bodyguard
By 1934 the SS had more than …. members
50,000
After the …… the SS became responsible for the ……
Night of the Long Knives
removal of opposition to the Nazis within Germany
Membership of the SS and its various bodies had grown to ……. by 1939
250,000
The …… (Secret State Police) was set up in …… by …..
Gestapo
1933
Goering
The Gestapo could ….. those …..
arrest and imprison
suspected of opposing the state
suspects would usually ….. run by the …..
be sent to a concentration camp
SS
By 1939, there were about ….. people under …..
160,000
arrest for political crimes
The ….. was set up in 1931 as the ….. of the Nazi Party
SD
intelligence body
The aim of the SD was to ……
discover potential enemies of the Nazi Party and remove them
Concentration camps were established to ….
Confine those who were considered enemies of the state
Camp inmates were treated with ….. and ….. were very high
brutality
mortality rates
Hitler demanded that ……
all laws were interpreted according to Nazi ideology
Judges had to become ……
members of the Nationalist Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law
In ….. the German Lawyers Front was established, it had ….. members by the end of the year
October 1933
10,000
Judges had to …..
swear an oath to be loyal to the Fuhrer
In ….. a new People’s Court was established to ….
1934
try for cases of treason
The ….. would check if judges had been …..
Minister of Justice
too lenient
Hitler exercised ……. if he felt they were too soft
his power to alter sentences
From ….. judges had to wear the ….. and Nazi ….. on their robes
1936
swastika
eagle
1934, Josef Goebbles set up the …..
Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
The purpose of the M….. for P….. E….. and P….. was to …..
Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
control the thoughts, beliefs and opinions of the German Police
Goebbles used ……. to control Germany
radio, cinema and other methods
Goebbles used ….. to glorify the …… and discredit …..
cinema
actions of the Nazis
any opponents
Hitler ordered …. to make …… films
Goebbles
anti-semitic
Annual mass rallies were held in ….. to promote ….
Nuremburg
the power of the Nazi state
….. were used to put across the Nazi message. Many targeted …..
Posters
The young
Books were ….. by the Nazis
carefully censored
In 1933, students in Berlin ……
burnt 20,000 books written by Jews, communists and other perceived opponents
All ….. were closed down
non-Nazi newspaper and magazines
The ……. was passed in October 1933
Reich Press Law
The Nazis encouraged …… especially the music of …..
traditional German folk music and classical music
Richard Wagner
Theatre was concentrated on ….
Germany history and political drama
Art that was considered…… was ….
‘Degenerate’
banned
