THE TERROR STATE Flashcards
HOW did the Nazis use the courts and law in their Terror State?
They introduced new courts and police organisations, where judges couldn’t act independently of the government and people could be arrested and imprisoned without trial.
HOW MANY concentration camps were there by the end of 1933?
50
HOW MANY Gestapo officers were there at its peak?
Only 30,000
WHAT is the historiography of the Gestapo?
Until the late 1980s, historians believed they must have been an extremely numerous organisation (due to how Germans spoke of them), but the investigation of East and West German archives revealed that this was far from true.
WHAT percentage of Gestapo cases were from reports by the public?
59%
HOW did the proliferation of police forces aid the Nazi Terror State?
- There was confusion and competition within the many different forces and between their leaders, due to their overlapping responsibilities
- Hitler was kept in power due to this infighting
- Also made sure each force was active in its role
WHAT was the People’s Court?
A court which dealt with political opponents and had trials without juries
WHEN was the People’s Court established?
1934
WHAT was the Law on Malicious Gossip?
It was a law which made it a criminal offence to make any statement that could be viewed as critical of the Nazi regime, including jokes.
WHEN was the Law on Malicious Gossip passed?
1933
WHAT did the Front of German Law do?
It coordinated various legal organisations under Nazi control.
WHEN did Himmler take control of the SS?
1929
HOW MANY members of the SS were there in 1933?
52,000
HOW MANY people were in the SS by World War II?
250,000
WHAT was the Waffen-SS?
The military section of the SS which fought in WWII and was meant to replace the army after Germany won.