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1933-39 keeping control Flashcards

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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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12
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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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18
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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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20
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what was the SS described as

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‘a state within a state’

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21
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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

24
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limitations of gestapo in numbers

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

25
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limitations on gestapo in quality of workers

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very few ‘top agents’ overly relied in kris

26
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what did the SS State become

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persevered nazi regime - gained greater sphere influence

27
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evidence for propoganda in asserting control

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reich radio company created by goebbels - dismissal 13% staff for new radio ppl

28
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CA to propoganda and disprove

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1932 <25% German households have radio
BUT by 1939 70% of ppl have hitler’s new ‘People reciever’

29
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issues w/ newspapers

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owned privately and only loyal to publisher

30
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1 way in which hitler tackles newspaper

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1933 Editors law - newspaper content censored by publishing house for propaganda ministry

31
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downside of nazi censorship of newspapers

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10% decline circulation 1939 as journalism bland

32
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how did propaganda succeed

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-cultivation hiler myth
-strengthen nazi regime after poltical crisis

33
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BUT on other hand how did propaganda not succeed

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-denounce churches
-seduce working classes away from established indeitity

34
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communist party poll in 1932

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17%

35
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when was the mass arrest of communists by gestapo

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1935

36
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example of underground communist group - closed down when

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red orchestra group in 1942

37
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why did communists fail

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leading activists 1936-39 fight in Spanish civil war

38
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what did communists take ono policy of

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preservation until soviet liberation

39
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example of communist group tortured

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white rose group - feb 1943 gestapo torture leaders Sophie school

40
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how did contrastive elites self sabotage their own resistance

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army allowed night of long knives - links itself to regime (tricked by nazi’s anti left and anti democratic policies then realise negatives)

41
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example conservative opposition - names and how did it end

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Ulrich von Kassel - ex ambassador in rome - plans to stage a coup BUT allied appeasement at Munich 1938 ruins plans

42
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what was the kreisau circle

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conservative anti nazi group of aristocrats and elites

43
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what did kreisau circle do

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20 July 1944 bomb plot - but hitler not killed

44
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what happened after bomb plot

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5000 supporters killed and Moltke - member of aristocracy

45
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reasons for opposition to hitler in war years

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stalingrad - military failures

46
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why did conservative movement fail

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only recognise need to suppress hitler after regime established
-even after ‘turn of tide’ 1942 - army generals did not work w/ resistance

47
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evidence of resistance success

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1939 T4 euthanasia policy against disabled ppl
–bishop Galen protests = removed
BUT went on in secret

48
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evidence of church success

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crucifix attempted ban in 1936 - Galen demonstrations = not banned

49
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stat on communism against 17% electro art in 1932

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half of party intervened in first year rule - (intern = imprisoned)

50
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red orchestra success

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infiltrated gov through aristocratic sympathiser Schulz boysen

51
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BUT what happened to red orchestra

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executed

52
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example trade union resistance

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Wilhelm lueschner travels country - 1935-36 strikes

53
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failure trade unions

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industrial action innefective +execution Wilhelm

54
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what did the White Rose Movement do?

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-leaflets - can’t be tracked back

55
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evidence of success of informants

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caretaker at uni reports White Rose Movement

56
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Opposition was innefective

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-T4 carried on in secret
-5,000 killed after stauffenburg bomb
-industrial action ineffective

57
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opposition was effective

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-bishop Galen Münster T4 banned
-1945 strikes

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