A Police State
- Created by: cassiarh01
- Created on: 04-03-18 20:07
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- A Police State
- Policing
- Hitler set up his own security forces - realised not all the existing German Police supported him. These forces were run by the Nazis. Main weapon was fear.
- ** (Protection Squad) - set up by Heinrich Himmler in 1925 - led by Himmler - wore black uniforms - controlled Germany's police and security forces - acted outside the law - ran concentration camps - had to marry 'radically pure' wives
- SD (Security Forces) - set up by Heinrich Himmler in 1931 - led by Reynhard Heydrich - wore uniforms - spied on opponents of the Nazi party
- Gestapo (Secret Agent Police) - set up by Hermann Georing in 1933 - led by Heydrich - wore plain clothes - spied on people - prosecuted people for speaking out against the Nazis - sent ppl to concentration camps and used torture
- ** (Protection Squad) - set up by Heinrich Himmler in 1925 - led by Himmler - wore black uniforms - controlled Germany's police and security forces - acted outside the law - ran concentration camps - had to marry 'radically pure' wives
- Hitler set up his own security forces - realised not all the existing German Police supported him. These forces were run by the Nazis. Main weapon was fear.
- The Legal System
- Hitler controlled - made it difficult for anyone to oppose him
- Controlled the judges
- All judges had to favour the Nazi party in a decision
- Controlled the law courts
- Abolished trail by jury - only judges were to decide if guilty/innocent
- Controlled the judges
- Hitler controlled - made it difficult for anyone to oppose him
- Concentration camps up to 1939
- First camp built in Dachau in 1933 - housed growing number of ppl being arrested
- Camps were in isolated areas so no one could see what was going on (many more were being built)
- Inmates were treated v badly and forced to do hard labour
- Inmates - political prisoners, undesirables - Jews, minority groups
- Policing
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