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Terror & Policing Flashcards

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Branches of State Police

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SS
Orpo
SD
Gestapo
Kripo

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Orpo

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Munical Police

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Kripo

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Criminal Police (CID)

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Gestapo

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Secret Police

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SD

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Security Service
comprising Domestic and Foreign Intelligence

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RHSA

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Reich Main Security Office
Formed by Henrich Himmler in 1939 to comprise all state police functions. Headed by Reinhard Heydrich until he was assisanted
Contained
SD
Kripo
Gestapo

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How did Hitler gain control of Police

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Appointed Goring as Prime Minister of Prussia, which granted him authority over the Prussian Police.

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Himmler and Police

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Himmler was orginally only appointed as chief of Bavarian Police, but by end of 1933 was chief of all German police forces except Prussia. By 1936 Goring capitulated and gave control to Himmler.

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How did the gestapo function

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The Gestapo functioned on informants and members of the public submitting tips to root out information.
Blocklieters also informed

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Concentration Camps

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All under SS control by 1939
Used Diferent coloured symbols to distingush inmates
Started with Political prisoners then Asocials then undersiable races.

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How many in the camps by 1939

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25,000

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How many SS in 1933

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52,000

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Proactive policing

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First 18 monthes of nazi rule
backed by suspension of civil liberties in Reichstagg fire decree

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Order of Protective Custody

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Used by Kripo and Gestapo to incarserate KPD, SPD and other oppostion in camps

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Gestapo Law 1933

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Actions of police above review of courts and legal code

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Fear of Gestapo

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German people left in permenant fear of informants of the Gestapo.

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Gestapo Sats Wurzburg

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28 gestpo officers for 1 million people
relied on informants
reactive policing

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German public + terror

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Terror exploited from the lower levels.
German public informed on one another for selish reasons
Interior minister forced to order police to deal with frivolous claims

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Polcing toward end of war

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More terror used
targeting ordianry germans to inspire to continued fighting
Use of death penalty

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Death penalty

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Weimar - only 16% of death sentences carried out
Nazi - 80%
46 offences punishesale by death
pre nazi - 3
1944 - 2000 of 4300 people tried in peoples court sentecned to death

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