1. Nazi Control- Police State

2. Starter Quiz 1. Why did the Nazis introduce censorship?
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?
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3. 4. 15 per thousand to 20 per thousand
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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
4. 15 per thousand to 20 per thousand
5. They produced cheap radios everyone could afford and also used loudspeakers in public areas
6. The Swing Youth, The Edelweiss Pirates
7. Germany and Austria Hungary
8. Both worried about Germany
9 Joseph Goebbels

4. Good learning: Understand how the Nazi police state worked
Great learning: Explain how the Nazis controlled the German people
Even better: Analyse how effective the Police state was

6. Nazi control of the legal system
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 Führer. 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.

7. A3 Sheet from revision guide
Complete task on the right hand side.

8. 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 or
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