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thesis on gestapo or propaganda in keeping control

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-gestapo bred fear - cultivated atmosphere in which propaganda could indoctrinate minds of German pppl - rejection of nazi ideals in propaganda may have circulated

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what role did the gestapo play in keeping control

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constant reminder hitler’s perceived omniscience in hitler myth

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one point to how gestapo kept control and CA

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ever present force - above law + imprison w/o trial
CA - 30,000 officers at peak
HOWEVER - evidence limited as ppl’s denunciations made up for small numbers in crafting atmosphere of omnipresence

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second point on gestapo

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denunciations - 80% voluntary = strong commitment
CA - mot ppl inspired by personal factors
BUT - regardless aim - still cultivated terror state

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what role did propaganda play in maintain control

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successful in reinforcing over countering existing ideals
-1933 ministry propaganda - gradual control w/ familiar habitual news paper
CA - media ‘ spiritual weapon of totalitarian state 56/70 million listen- NOT ALL POPULATION
but mass suggestion etc

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another point in role propoganda

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reich culture chamber to ‘promote German culture for benefit of volk’
-sculpture 1934 decree all public statues convey nazi message
-replace cultural pluralism after upheaval 1920s w/ aryan

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what were the limitations of ‘furrier power’

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no one person could operate all gov - dependent on sympathetic subordinates to put policies into effect

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evidence of hitler’s lack of inclination to co-ordinate government

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1933 cabinet meets 77 times // rivalry between factions rose

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but evidence of hitler’s overall decisive role in gov

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-ran policy ‘divide and rule’
-took control on big decisions over foreign policy
-hitler preserves authority

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SS increase from 1929 to 1933

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250 –> 52,0000 AS HIMMLER LEADER

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who carried out 1934 night of long knives

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SS

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what happened in 1939 w/ police organisations

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amalgamated to RSHA vice deduct himmler

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1 function of the SS

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intelligence gathering by SD - security etc - responsibility grew w/ occupied lands

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what happened in 1936

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Kripo linked w/ gestapo

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what was the role of the gestapo in SS

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policing - arrest and detain w/o trial maintain fear

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what was the Waffen SS

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armed SS 35 divisions in war (grew from 3)

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what happened to Waffen SS influence

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influence grew rapidly in war - political weakening of German army - 1938 14,000 soldiers in 3 units

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what’s the new order

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nazi term - racial economic + political integration third reich

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what was gestaopo and SD under

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RSHA

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what was the SS described as

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‘a state within a state’

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by 1944 how powerful was the German army

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rivalled German army - waffen S 3-35 divisions

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what did the SS become responsible for in economy

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new order of occupied Eastern Europe over 150 firms by 1945 - slaver labour raw materials etc

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what were the SS’s role in ideology and race

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headed concentration camps and racial policy extermination

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limitations of gestapo in numbers

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40,000 agents - e..g only 40 in Frankfurt

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limitations on gestapo in quality of workers
very few 'top agents' overly relied in kris
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what did the SS State become
persevered nazi regime - gained greater sphere influence
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evidence for propoganda in asserting control
reich radio company created by goebbels - dismissal 13% staff for new radio ppl
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CA to propoganda and disprove
1932 <25% German households have radio BUT by 1939 70% of ppl have hitler's new 'People reciever'
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issues w/ newspapers
owned privately and only loyal to publisher
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1 way in which hitler tackles newspaper
1933 Editors law - newspaper content censored by publishing house for propaganda ministry
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downside of nazi censorship of newspapers
10% decline circulation 1939 as journalism bland
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how did propaganda succeed
-cultivation hiler myth -strengthen nazi regime after poltical crisis
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BUT on other hand how did propaganda not succeed
-denounce churches -seduce working classes away from established indeitity
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communist party poll in 1932
17%
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when was the mass arrest of communists by gestapo
1935
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example of underground communist group - closed down when
red orchestra group in 1942
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why did communists fail
leading activists 1936-39 fight in Spanish civil war
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what did communists take ono policy of
preservation until soviet liberation
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example of communist group tortured
white rose group - feb 1943 gestapo torture leaders Sophie school
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how did contrastive elites self sabotage their own resistance
army allowed night of long knives - links itself to regime (tricked by nazi's anti left and anti democratic policies then realise negatives)
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example conservative opposition - names and how did it end
Ulrich von Kassel - ex ambassador in rome - plans to stage a coup BUT allied appeasement at Munich 1938 ruins plans
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what was the kreisau circle
conservative anti nazi group of aristocrats and elites
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what did kreisau circle do
20 July 1944 bomb plot - but hitler not killed
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what happened after bomb plot
5000 supporters killed and Moltke - member of aristocracy
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reasons for opposition to hitler in war years
stalingrad - military failures
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why did conservative movement fail
only recognise need to suppress hitler after regime established -even after 'turn of tide' 1942 - army generals did not work w/ resistance
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evidence of resistance success
1939 T4 euthanasia policy against disabled ppl --bishop Galen protests = removed BUT went on in secret
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evidence of church success
crucifix attempted ban in 1936 - Galen demonstrations = not banned
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stat on communism against 17% electro art in 1932
half of party intervened in first year rule - (intern = imprisoned)
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red orchestra success
infiltrated gov through aristocratic sympathiser Schulz boysen
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BUT what happened to red orchestra
executed
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example trade union resistance
Wilhelm lueschner travels country - 1935-36 strikes
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failure trade unions
industrial action innefective +execution Wilhelm
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what did the White Rose Movement do?
-leaflets - can't be tracked back
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evidence of success of informants
caretaker at uni reports White Rose Movement
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Opposition was innefective
-T4 carried on in secret -5,000 killed after stauffenburg bomb -industrial action ineffective
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opposition was effective
-bishop Galen Münster T4 banned -1945 strikes

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