The Nazi Terror State Learning Objective: To understand how the Nazis dealt with opposition and the key features of the terror state.

The Nazi terror state The vast majority of the German people supported the Nazi’s in the 1930s At least the majority of people agreed with what went on or at least went along with it Why did they do this? One of the answers is the terror state

How did the Terror State Work? Gestapo Spies inform on you You are woken up by the Gestapo at 1 am in the morning and told that you have 5 minutes to pack your bags. You are arrested and thrown into a cell at the police station Days or maybe weeks later you are interviewed and asked to sign form D11 By signing this form you are giving your consent to be put into a concentration camp. You are handed over to the SS who run the concentration camps. You are imprisoned for up to six months doing hard physical labour. When you are released you tell everybody what has happened to you Fear

The SS The Gestapo The police and the Law courts Concentration Camps

Methods: Controlled by: Duties: How it helped Hitler to secure his position: The SS Methods: Controlled by: Duties: How it helped Hitler to secure his position: Concentration camps Methods: Controlled by: Duties: How it helped Hitler to secure his position: The Gestapo Methods: Controlled by: Duties: How it helped Hitler to secure his position: The police and the courts Page

How far does this source explain the methods used by the Nazi’s to control the German people?

Support for the Nazis (p.278) Fear was very powerful but there were other reasons too for explaining Nazi support. What were the other motives why people supported the Nazis. Use the notes to complete the spider diagram Why was there so little opposition? Propaganda Nazi successes Economic fears

How effectively did the Nazi’s deal with their opponents? Using pp. 274—79 complete the following table OpponentReasons for opposing the Nazis How the Nazi’s reacted to the opponents Was the Nazi action effective? Trade Unionists Political Opponents Church leaders Army officers

Oppone nt Reasons for opposing the Nazis How the Nazi’s reacted to the opponents Was the Nazi action effective? Trade Unionist s They represented the workers rights and disliked Nazi control They closed down the Trade Unions on 2 May all German workers were forced to join the German Labour Front (DAF) The workers had no one to represent them- they were under the control of the Nazis and won support of employers Political Opponen ts Communists and Socialists who disagreed with the values of the Nazi’s. Anyone that didn’t agree or conform Gestapo was used to spy on them and root out opposition. Many were sent to concentration camps like Dachau where they were over worked or starved to death. Others were executed. Created fear so that society in general went along with the regime. Regime had very few opponents. No one really spoke out. There was no opposition. Church leaders Moral grounds, fears of Nazi control over the church, disliked the Nazi Pagan religion Made a deal with the Catholic church- Concordat 1933 ( they would not interfere with the other) Tried to form all the Protestant churches together called the Reich church- however, many Germans were still loyal to their churches A big social group remained uncontrolled by the Nazi’s which in some ways limited their control. People were loyal to their churches and the Nazi’s couldn’t replace this loyalty. Several church leaders rebelled on specific issues such as Bishop Galen and Deitrich Bonhoeffer Army officers Suspicious of the Nazis and in particular the SA. The Nazi’s won their loyalty in the Night of the Long Knives when they purged the SA and bought them under control. They then made an oath of loyalty to Hitler The army agreed to be loyal to Hitler and serve him and to stay out of politics. A powerful group in Germany had been won over- they would not oppose him.

How had the Nazi’s dealt with their opponents? Overall, had they been effective?