How Important Were Terror, Censorship and Propaganda In Maintaining Nazi Control Flashcards
What was Volksgemeinschaft?
The aim to create a ‘People’s Community’
What was Goebbels rule in Nazi Germany?
Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Which company was under Nazi control and was in control of broadcasting?
The Reich Radio Company
What was the percentage of radio ownership from 1933 to 1939?
25% to 70%
Which law ensured that the raided of publishers not under Nazi control published Nazi views?
The Editor’s Law of 1933
What was the use for Nazis to create new courts?
To have control over them, with legality, with the People’s Court trying enemies of the state
What was the SS established as?
An elite bodyguard for Hitler, originally part of the SA, but became independent, a ‘state within a state’
What were parts of the SS?
The Waffen-SS, an armed military unit that played an increasing role in WW2
The SS-Totenkopfverbande (Death’s Head Units), who ran the concentration camps
Who was the head of the SS?
Himmler
What did the Reich Security Office (RSHA) have underneath them?
Kripo: the criminal police who were responsible for maintaining law and order
Gestapo
SD: the Party Security agency
SIPO: State Security
Though seen as a large, overlooking agency, how many agents did the small Gestapo have?
20,000 to 40,000, with large cities having 40-50
Who was the specific enemies targeted by the Gestapo, which a study in the Rhineland found?
Socialists or Jewish people
