Totalitarian State Flashcards
What were the main parts of the Nazi Police State?
SS- Protection Squad
SD- Security Service
Gestapo- Secret Police
What were Concentration Camps used for at first?
Suspected opponents of the Nazis or people in society that were not pure. E.g. Jews, gypsies and homosexuals.
How was the legal system used?
To deliberately find suspected opponents of the Nazis guilty of crime.
How did the Nazis reach “agreement” with the Catholic Church?
They signed the concordat in July 1933 which promised the Nazis would not interfere with the Catholic Church if the Catholic Church accepted Nazi rule.
How did Hitler try to control Protestant Christianity?
He put one Nazi overall in charge of the independent Protestant Churches.