Features of a Terror State, including machinery of terror, courts, SS, Gestapo (OCR A-Level History A): Quizzes
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In what year did Hitler assemble the SA (Sturmabteilung)?
In what year did Hitler assemble the SA (Sturmabteilung)?
1921
What were members of the SA commonly known as?
What were members of the SA commonly known as?
Brownshirts
Who was the leader of the SA?
Who was the leader of the SA?
Ernst Röhm
How many members did the SA have by 1933?
How many members did the SA have by 1933?
2 million
When did the Night of the Long Knives occur?
When did the Night of the Long Knives occur?
30 June 1934
When did Hitler establish the SS (Schutzstaffel)?
When did Hitler establish the SS (Schutzstaffel)?
April 1925
Who headed the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the SS intelligence agency created in 1931?
Who headed the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the SS intelligence agency created in 1931?
Reinhard Heydrich
When and where was the first Nazi concentration camp opened?
When and where was the first Nazi concentration camp opened?
Mar 1933, Dachau
What was the main task of the SS Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head Unit)?
What was the main task of the SS Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head Unit)?
Operate concentration camps
Who created the Gestapo on 26 April 1933?
Who created the Gestapo on 26 April 1933?
Hermann Göring
When was the Gestapo Law passed that placed the Gestapo above the law?
When was the Gestapo Law passed that placed the Gestapo above the law?
10 Feb 1936
What type of agents were most Gestapo members?
What type of agents were most Gestapo members?
Plain-clothes agents
By when was democracy dead in Germany?
By when was democracy dead in Germany?
Summer 1933
In what year was the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) created?
In what year was the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) created?
1933
How many people did the People's Courts sentence to death between 1934 and 1945?
How many people did the People's Courts sentence to death between 1934 and 1945?
5,179