Nazi Control in Germany: The Dark Reign of the Police State
The Nazis implemented a strict regime of control in Germany through censorship, propaganda, and the establishment of a powerful police state. They used organizations like the SS, Gestapo, and SD to suppress dissent, monitor the population, and silence opposition. The legal system was manipulated to serve Nazi interests, with judges and lawyers forced to pledge loyalty to Hitler. The brutal tactics employed led to a drastic decrease in criminal offenses, but at the cost of liberty, human rights, and the rise of concentration camps.
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Starter Quiz TASK: Please write down the title, and 1-9 in your margin on a new sheet of paper. 1. Why did the Nazis introduce censorship? 2. What 3 K s were associated with Women in Nazi Germany? 3. What is the German offensive of Spring 1918 also called? 4. How much did the birth rate increase by between 1933 and 1939? 5. How did the Nazis make sure people heard radio broadcasts? 6. Name two anti-Nazi Youth Groups 7. Which two countries were in the dual alliance of 1879 8. Why did France and Russia form an alliance in 1894? 9 Who was the minister for propaganda? Last week = 2 pt Last term = 3 pt Last lesson = 1 pt
Last lesson = 1 pt Last week = 2 pt Last term = 3 pt 1. Goebbels felt that propaganda wasn t enough to control what people thought. He wanted to stop ideas being shared that might challenge the Nazi message 2. Kinder, Kuche, Kirche 3. Ludendorff Offensive 5. They produced cheap radios everyone could afford and also used loudspeakers in public areas 4. 15 per thousand to 20 per thousand 6. The Swing Youth, The Edelweiss Pirates 7. Germany and Austria Hungary 8. Both worried about Germany 9 Joseph Goebbels
Great learning: Explain how the Nazis controlled the German people Even better: Analyse how effective the Police state was Good learning: Understand how the Nazi police state worked
Schutzstaffel (SS) - Led by Heinrich Himmler, the SS was the most important of these organisations and oversaw the others. Initially set up as Hitler s personal bodyguard service, the SS was fanatically loyal to the F hrer. It later set up concentration camps where enemies of the state were sent. Gestapo - This was the Nazis secret police force. Its job was to monitor the German population for signs of opposition or resistance to Nazi rule. It was greatly helped by ordinary German people informing on their fellow citizens. Sicherheitsdienst (SD) - This was the intelligence gathering agency of the SS. It was responsible for the security of Hitler and other top Nazis and was led by Himmler s right hand man, Reinhard Heydrich. Nazi control of the legal system The Nazis quickly swept away many of the freedoms that Germans had enjoyed under the Weimar constitution. The party s control of the legal system made opposition to the regime very difficult indeed: Judges had to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler and were expected to act always in the interests of the Nazi state. All lawyers had to join the Nazi Lawyers' Association, which meant they could be controlled. The role of defence lawyers in criminal trials was weakened. Standard punishment for crimes were abolished and so local prosecutors could decide what penalties to impose on those found guilty. These changes more than halved the number of criminal offences between 1933 and 1939, whilst the number of crimes that carried the death penalty increased from three to 46. Many convicted criminals were not released at the end of their sentences but instead were moved to the growing number of concentration camps being established by the SS.
A3 Sheet from revision guide Complete task on the right hand side. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LM8hSiFoY
People believed that the Gestapo were: Omniscient- all knowing Omnipotent= all powerful Omnipresent- everywhere Was this true? If it wasn t, what does this show about Nazi control? Why did German people denounce others? Denunciation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw9newgsEyU or http://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=The%20Nazis,%20A%20 Warning%20From%20History.%20Episode%202- From 24 mins
