Nazi Police State Flashcards
When was the SS formed?
In 1925 as part of the SA
When did the SS replace the SA as Hitler’s main security force?
After the Night of the Long Knives
What did the SS wear?
All-black uniforms (Known as blackshirts)
Who was in charge of the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
How did the Nazis control race within the SS?
Members had to be pure Aryans
What were the SS responsible for?
The removal of Nazi opposition?
How many members did the SS have in 1934?
50,000
When was the Gestapo set up and by whom?
In 1933 by Hermann Göring
What happened to the Gestapo in 1936
Came under control of the SS and led by Reinhard Heydrich
What was the purpose of the Gestapo?
To arrest and imprison enemies of the state without trial
How many people had been arrested by the Gestapo for political reasons by 1939?
160,000
When and where was the first concentration camp opened?
In April 1933 at Dachau
Name some other locations of concentration camps in Germany?
Buchenwald, Mathausen, Sachsenhausen
How were prisoners divided in concentration camps?
They were categorised and wore different coloured armbands to denote crimes
