Nazi Germany
Keeping Control:
Terror State
Key Quote
“Terror is the best
political weapon for
nothing drives
people harder than
a fear of sudden
death.”
How did Hitler keep control of
Germany?
The Terror State Propagand
a
Secret police called the
Mass Rallies, Posters
Gestapo would spy on
and Propaganda films.
and arrest enemies of
the state.
Keeping The Nazis controlled
SS were responsible Control of and censored the radio
Germany & newspapers.
for running the
concentration camps.
School children were
indoctrinated with Nazi
Everyone was scared of Popularity ideas at school.
being arrested by the
Gestapo and being put in Ripping up the
Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth & the
a concentration camp.
Young Maidens.
Creating Jobs
The Terror State
• Both the Gestapo
and the SS were run
by Heinrich
Himmler.
• The Gestapo
employed an army
of spies who would
inform on people.
Enemies of the State
• Communists • Germans who
• Social Democrats bought from Jews
• Jews • Pacifists
• Trade Unionists. • Radical Christian
• Work Shy Organisation
• Homosexuals • Anyone who
criticised Hitler or
• Gypsies the Nazi Party.
Enemies of the State
• A list of German women
who were still
purchasing goods from
Jewish shops.
• Printed to scare or
terrorise other people
into not buying from the
Jews.
How did the Terror State Work?
You are imprisoned When you are Gestapo Spies
for up to six months released you tell inform on you
doing hard physical everybody what has
labour. happened to you
You are handed You are woken up by
over to the SS who
run the
concentration
camps.
Fea the Gestapo at 1 am in
the morning and told
that you have 5 minutes
to pack your bags.
By signing this form
you are giving your
consent to be put into
rDays or maybe weeks
later you are
interviewed and
You are arrested
and thrown into a
cell at the police
a concentration camp. asked to sign form station
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How did the Terror State
Work?
• Everyone knew someone who knew
someone else who had been in a
concentration camp.
• 800,000 Germans were imprisoned from
1933 – 1945 as ‘Enemies of the State.’
• 500,000 were executed by being shot in the
neck.
Key Quote: Martin Niemollen,
1945
• When the Nazis came for the Communists I
was silent, I was not a Communist.
• When the Nazis came for the Social
Democrats I was silent, I was not a Social
Democrat.
• When the Nazis came for the Jews I was
silent, I was not a Jew.
• When the Nazis came for me there was
nobody left to protest.