Chapter 9- control

• what was Himmlers role in the police state ?

  • head of SS
  • loyal nazi
• what was the polices role in the police state ?

  • continued work
  • top jobs went to Nazis
  • all under nazi control
• what was the Gestapos role in the police state ?

  • no uniform
  • spied on people
  • had the power to arrest
• what was the SS's role in the police state ?

  • set up in 1925
  • black uniform
  • Hitler's body guards
• what was the concentration camps role in the police state ?

  • set up as soon as Hitler took power
  • large prisons
  • inmates forced to work
• what is propaganda ?

  • spreading of info and ideas
  • key messages
• what was propaganda in the news ?

  stories showing Nazis doing good things
• what was propaganda in films ?


  show enemies are bad
• what was propaganda in the arts ?

  forced to write things praising Hitler
• what was propaganda in the radio ?

  under nazi control
• what was propaganda in public ?

  mass rallies to celebrate Hitler's greatness
• how did cinema culture change ?

  • film scripts had to be approved
  • pro nazi
• how did music culture change ?

  • traditional German music
  • Jewish composers were banned
• how did theatre culture change ?

  • plays were German history focused
  • closed down cabaret clubs
• how did literature culture change ?

  • list of banned books
  • mein kampf became best selling
• how did art culture change ?

  clearly understandable to ordinary people
• how did design culture change ?

  architectural design movements
• how did sports culture change ?

  • was important
  • used to promote nazi regimd
• what were some forms of opposition ?

  • grumbling- anti nazi jokes
  • passive- refusal to give the 'heil hitler'
  • open opposition- jazz music, white rose group
  • attempts to kill hitler- 50 attempts