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Use of terror and intimidation in the Nazi state (The SS (Originally…
Use of terror and intimidation in the Nazi state
The SS
Originally Hitler's bodyguards
They were in charge of the Police and the work camps
They intimidated any opponents of Hitler
Heinrich Himmler - Leader of the SS throughout Nazi Germany
50,000 tall, blonde, Aryan men
'Brown shirts'
Allowed to arrest people without trial
Could search houses, confiscate property, all without a warrant
Camps
Prisons were full, the SS opened re-education camps
THESE ARE NOT DEATH CAMPS
Where troublemakers would be punished
Jews, homosexuals, political prisoners, and others were brought here
Treatment was very bad
Used fear to make most people cooperate with Nazis
Police and the courts
Nazis took over Police and courts in 1934
All judges had to swear oath of loyalty to Hitler
Number of crimes punishable by death rose from 3 in 1933, to 46 in 1943
Crimes punishable by death
Breaking into house of soldier during war
Having sexual relationship with a Jew
Telling an anti-Nazi joke
A mugging committed by someone with criminal record in family
They believed it was inherited, wanted to stop it from spreading
The Gestapo
Gestapo were the secret police
Extremely on the German population informing them of incidents
People would report others just because they didn't like them
They tapped phones, read through mail, etc.
There's only 30,000 Gestapo members
Spies and informers
They informed the Gestapo of anybody who spoke against the Nazis
Each street/block had its own informer
It made people afraid to speak out, even in their homes
Intense paranoia
Children sometimes even spied on their own families