Nazi methods Of Control 1933-39

Question 1

When was the SS formed?

Answer 1

1925

Question 2

What was the SS originally formed as?

Answer 2

Hitler’s personal bodyguard

Question 3

Who led the SS after 1929?

Answer 3

Himmler

Question 4

How many members did the SS have in 1934?

Answer 4

50,000

Question 5

How many members did the SS have in 1944?

Answer 5

1 million

Question 6

What were the SS expected to be?

Answer 6

Pure Aryans

Question 7

What did the SS wear which was distinctive?

Answer 7

Black uniforms

Question 8

What were the SS’s primary responsibilities after 1929?

Answer 8

Destroy opposition and carry out Nazi racial policies

Question 9

What unit of the SS ran the concentration camps and later the extermination camps?

Answer 9

The Death’s Head unit

Question 10

What unit of the SS investigated disloyalty in the armed forces and Nazi Party?

Answer 10

The SD (security services)

Question 11

What unit of the SS were regiments that fought alongside the regular army?

Answer 11

The Waffen SS

Question 12

What were the Gestapo and when were they set up?

Answer 12

Secret state police, 1933.

Question 13

What was the role of the Gestapo?

Answer 13

To send people to concentration camps without trial, open mail, tap telephones.

Question 14

How powerful was the Gestapo?

Answer 14

Not nearly as powerful as people thought. They relied on networks of informers (members of the public)

Question 15

What was a result of the Gestapo

Answer 15

A climate of mistrust that deterred open criticism of the Nazis. People were afraid to be turned into the Gestapo by their neighbours

Question 16

What were concentration camps first used for?

Answer 16

To isolate social democrats, communists, and anyone else brave enough to oppose the Nazi party. Those not conforming to Nazi ideals were also imprisoned

Question 17

By 1939, how many Germans had spent at least sometime in a concentration camp?

Answer 17

1.3M

Question 18

What did Goebbels become in 1933?

Answer 18

Minister for propaganda

Question 19

What did Magistrates and Judges do?

Answer 19

Swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler.

Question 20

How were opponents of the Nazi regime treated in court?

Answer 20

They rarely received a fair trial

Question 21

Describe the punishments given by the police and courts.

Answer 21

Very harsh. By 1943, the death penalty was used for 43 different crimes, including telling an anti-Nazi joke