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Terror and Repression as a method of control in Nazi Regime (Concentration…
Terror and Repression as a method of control in Nazi Regime
SA - The Strurmabteilung; Stormtroopers/ Brownshirts
ran the camps 1933-34
real power ended after 30 June 1934
The Nazis' para-military force
fought the Nazis' street battles
Concentration Camps
First camps from 1933; Dachau, Orianienburg
Uncontrolled brutality
Inmates depersonalised
First inmates were politicals
Later social undesirables
Eventually Jews
Gestapo - Geheime Staats Polizei; Secret State Police
Set up in 1933 under Goering, later Himmler
From 1936 Himmler runs all police
Responsible for internal security
Acted free of judicial restraint
SS - Schutzstaffel
Began as Hitler's bodyguard
Since 1929 led by Himmler
Himmler emphasised its elite character
Racially pure
Ran the camps from 1934