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How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-1945 - Coggle Diagram
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-1945
how much opposition was there to the Nazi regime
churches, most work with him to avoid persecution, but some opposed Nazis, he hanged pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in April 1945 for helping Jews escape and sent Bishop August von Galen to a concentration camp.
youth, many youth groups rebeled against Hitler, for example the White Rose group who distributed leaflets attacking the Nazis. They were arrested, tortured and beheaded
political, some groups such as SOPADE tried to report outside what was happening in Germany, some were spies for the Red Orchestra, and some discussed how to rule after Hitler, such as Kreisau Circle. Many members of these groups were executed
military, Operation Valkyrie was carried out by Claus von Staffenberg his briefcase with bomb was moved just before it went off.Planned uprising in Berlin failed too and many conspirators executed
how effectively did the Nazis deal with their political opponents
the Ordo and Kripo, regular poliece
the Gestapo, secret police dealt with moral and political opposition
the SA, under Himmler's control after 1934
the SS, took over many aspects of the Nazi regime
the army
how did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control the people
state controlled radio
newspapers were private owned but editos were punished if journalist wrote somethign critical of nazis
why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German society
ideological, 25-point programme of 1920, Mein Kampf and racial purity
political, Hitler never won a majority of the vote in an election, he had to win over doubters or intimidate them
church, Concordat signed in July 1933 which guaranteed its freedom, rights and property would be protected
jews, Nuremberg Laws in 1935 deprived jews of their citizenship
was Nazi Germany a totalitarian state
total control of the military
total control of media and communication
a single party state, led by one person
a police state that used terror to suppress opposition
an official ideology
total control of the economy