Police and Legal Terror

**- black uniforms, Aryan appearance, ruthless, 240,000 in 1939, operated outside law, arrested without trial

How it Helped Control- prevented resistance, potential to abuse power

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SD- security, led by Heydrich, monitored opponents, card index of suspects opposing party

How it Helped Control-dealt with potential threats, gained intel on opposition allowing it to be squashed

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Gestapo- secret police, arrested and tortured, tapped phones e.g., 20,000 in country in 1939, relied of local informers, 160,000 arrested in 1939

How it Helped Control-eliminate anyone suspected of crime, gain info on potential threats, caused mistrust between people

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Concentration camps- built in rural Germany, Dachau was first, used for questioning and enforcing ideas, held anyone criticising Nazis

How it Helped Control-silence any ideological opposition, limit the spread of opposition by preventing growth

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Police- Nazi bosses, network of informers, ignored crimes of Nazis

How it Helped Control-corrupted by Nazi ideology, allowed abuse of power and law for Nazis

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Judges- all Nazis, made to join National Socialist League for the Maintenance of the Law. Decided on innocence guilt and punishment

How it Helped Control-corrupt as all supported Nazis and gave verdict to benefit ideals of party

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Courts- 3,400 tried between 1934-9 mostly members of SDP and KDP, 46 death penalty sentences by 1946 e.g. anti-Nazi jokes

How it Helped Control- increased control of censorship and freedoms through law-making, corrupt system sentencing people based on political ideology

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How it Helped Control-dealt with potential threats, gained intel on opposition allowing it to be squashed

SD- security, led by Heydrich, monitored opponents, card index of suspects opposing party

How it Helped Control-eliminate anyone suspected of crime, gain info on potential threats, caused mistrust between people

How it Helped Control-silence any ideological opposition, limit the spread of opposition by preventing growth

How it Helped Control-corrupted by Nazi ideology, allowed abuse of power and law for Nazis

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