Nazi Police State (Gestapo/SD/SS/Concentration Camps) Flashcards

1
Q

give 3 things did Hitler have control over

A

politics
legal system
police

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2
Q

what tactics did shirker use to control Germany

A

fear tactics
threat
intimidation

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3
Q

give proof that fear and intimidation worked in controlling Germany

A

very little opposition between 1933-39

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4
Q

when was the Gestapo set up

A

1933

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5
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what were the Gestapo

A

Nazi secret police who looked for enemies to Nazi Regime

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6
Q

give 4 methods the Gestapo used to find enemies

A

torture
phone tapping
informers
searching mail

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7
Q

what were the SS

A

Hitlers personal body guards and police force

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8
Q

how many members in the SS and who was their leader

A

240,000 aryans under Himmler

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9
Q

what was the nickname for the SS

A

blackshirts

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10
Q

what were the SS in charge of

A

all police/ security forces in Germany

ran concentration camps

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11
Q

what were the SD

A

security force that monitored and kept files on Nazi opponents

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12
Q

who was the leader of the SD

A

Reinhard Heydrich

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13
Q

when was the first concentration vamp set up and where

A

1933 in Dachau

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14
Q

by 1939 how many germans were in concentration camps

A

150,000

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15
Q

who were the ‘undesirables’ in execution / concentration camps

A

Jews, prostitutes, homosexuals, black people

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16
Q

what methods were used to ‘re educate’ inmates in concentration camps

A

beatings and murder