Methods of Nazi Control

• How did the Nazis deal with any oppositions from the German people ?


  They used terror, propaganda and censorship.
• What terror method that basically imprisoned and brutally tortured people did the Nazis use?


  Concentration camps, they were originally used to handle political prisoners. By 1939, the cruelty increased and many were murdered.
• How would the Gestapo agents (secret police) gain information on suspected people?

  Gestapo agents would pretend to be rebels and would try to trick people who had been suspected of being disloyal to the Government.
• Who led the SS (Schutz-Staffel) ?

  Heinrich Himmler
• What authority did the Gestapo have on the people?

  They could read people’s mail and tap their telephones. Every 30 or 40 houses had a block Warden.
• What would the Block Warden do if they discovered unacceptable behaviour ?

  Report
• What could the SS do without a trial?

  Search houses, confiscate property and send people to concentration camps.
• When was the concentration camps established and by who?

  In 1933 they were controlled by the Death Head Units, a branch of the SS
• What happened to the newspaper company's that disagreed with the Nazis ideology ?

  shut down
• Why was Hitler seen as the most powerful propaganda weapon of the Nazi party?

  His speeches were heard over loudspeakers in public areas and images/posters of him were everywhere .
• Who was Joseph Goebbels?

  Propaganda Minister and National Enlightenment Minister
• What propaganda did Joseph Goebbels use and what did it do?

  He used a one sided propaganda information and censorship to prevent anything that the Nazi did not like get heard.
• What replaced the foreign films that were banned?

  Over 100 films that contained Nazi messages
• What else did cinema’s present?

  Newsreels and documentaries with a Nazi salute
• Who took control all of the Local Radio Station?

  Joseph Gobbels
• What was the name of the radio station that all households have?

  Peoples Receivers