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How did the Nazis keep control in Germany? (Method 3: Control by…

- - - - People who did not like the Nazi would not get a fair trial: Lawyers and judges were controlled by the Nazis.
      - Police ignored crimes committed by the Nazis.
      - Police were also informers as their bosses were all Nazis.
      - Police had to take an oath of loyalty towards the Nazi Party.
  - - - Gestapo: state secret police.
      - They had a huge number of informers.
      - Collected information on people who were thought to be 'anti-Nazi'.
      - Telephones were tapped.
      - They would arrest people and torture them and send them of to concentration camps.
      - The Gestapo's role was to root out all possible enemies of Nazism( kill them, or arrest them).
        
        A grocer who told anti-Nazi jokes to his customers.
        
        A teacher who taught his pupils to see through Nazi propaganda.
        
        A worker who refused to give the 'Heil Hitler' salute.
    - - Belonging to banned organisations: 30%-This included political opponents such as the communists who opposed the law against the start-up of new parties, and Germany being a one-party(Nazi) state.
      - Non-conforming behaviour: 29% of the cases- This included criticising the Nazis.Anyone who did not oblige with the Nazis and support them would be dealt with by the Gestapo.
    - - Even though the terror organisations gave the Nazi power, they didn't always have to use it :Fear made people conform.
      - Since the German people feared the Gestapo(since they could be anyone, anywhere), they informed on each other.
        
        When war broke out on 1939, the Gestapo rounded up 162,000 people into 'protective custody'.
  - - - After the SA was destroyed in 1934, the SS grew into a huge organisation under Himmler.
      - It had many sub-divisions.EX: the Death's Head Units which ran the concentration camps.
      - As its power increased, the SS began to use its own courts-which sentenced 20,000 Germans to be sent to concentration camps.
- - - - Re-arming Germany created an economic boom and increased national pride.
      - Huge government spending on roads, housing, etc. created jobs and brought unemployment down.
    - - Big jobs working for the government were available.
      - There were no trade unions to make trouble.
    - - The threat of Communism was removed.
      - People had pride in Germany after Hitler overturned the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
    - - The 'Strength Through Joy' organisation provided leisure opportunities.Ex:: Sports clubs and holidays.
      - The 'Beauty of Labour' organisation improved working conditions in industries.Ex:: Canteens and washrooms.
    - - The 'Reich Food Estate' gave farmers guaranteed markets and prices for their goods.
      - The 'Reich Entailed Farm Law' protected farms from being closed by banks.
- - - - Control and order were the messages that the Nazis provided.Rallies helped them provide these messages.
      - A huge stadium in Nuremburg was built for this purpose.
      - Goebbels organised and controlled these rallies.
  - - - Any book that did not agree with the with Nazi ideas was burnt.To remove any chance of anti-Nazi thinking, book burnings were common.
      - All books had to be censored.
      - The Nazis did not want independent thinking.