The police state (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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What is a police state?
What is a police state?
Used law enforcement to control through systematic repression
Two key Nazi police organisations
Two key Nazi police organisations
SS and Gestapo
Architect of Nazi Germany's police state
Architect of Nazi Germany's police state
Heinrich Himmler
Year Himmler became SS leader
Year Himmler became SS leader
1929
League judges had to join
League judges had to join
National Socialist League for Maintenance of Law
Nazi change to trials
Nazi change to trials
Abolished trial by jury
SS member characteristics
SS member characteristics
Strict discipline and unwavering loyalty
SS authority powers
SS authority powers
Unlimited: search, arrest, imprison without trial
When SS gained control of concentration camps
When SS gained control of concentration camps
1936
What was the Waffen SS?
What was the Waffen SS?
Military wing of SS (developed 1940)
Gestapo's function
Gestapo's function
Secret police force monitoring regime opponents
Gestapo interrogation methods
Gestapo interrogation methods
Used torture to extract information and confessions
Gestapo size at peak
Gestapo size at peak
Fewer than 50,000 members
Leader of Gestapo from 1936
Leader of Gestapo from 1936
Reinhard Heydrich
Impact of police state on German people
Impact of police state on German people
Fear, suspicion, mutual surveillance, self-censorship