fear & state terrorism

• • SS was Germany’s internal security service.
  • Any opposition to Hitler was violently dealt with.
  • Concentration camps were set up and the Gestapo (Secret Police) kept people in line.
• • In 1933, various laws were passed which banned Jews from working as doctors, teachers, lawyers, journalists and other groups.
• • Nuremberg Laws were passed in 1935. These stripped Jews of their German citizenship.
• ANALYSIS (FOR)

  • Nazi controls made it impossible for any opposition to build to Hitler.
  • The violence of the SS or secret fear of the Gestapo meant that no-one could safely discuss anti-Nazi views.
• ANALYSIS (AGAINST)

  • The SS/Gestapo got a lot of their information through denunciations.
  • This means it was ordinary Germans giving information to the SS, suggesting the influence of the SS was limited.
• EVALUATION (AGAINST)

  Many people did not support the Nazis for their anti-Semitic views but supported them for their economic and political policies.