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2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

The SS, the Gestapo and the Terror State

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  • Component 2

Overview

Recall questions on Himmler and the growth of the SS, the founding and methods of the Gestapo, the SD, the concentration camps and their prisoners, the special courts and People's Court, protective custody and the limits of totalitarian control.

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Key term

What right was denied to defendants in the special courts?

Process

What military position did Hitler gain as Führer, when was it confirmed by plebiscite, and what did the new army oath require?

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What was the original function of the SS before it expanded?

    Model answer

    Hitler's personal bodyguard

  2. 2

    When was Heinrich Himmler appointed Reichsführer-SS?

    Model answer

    1929

  3. 3

    When did the SS become independent of the SA?

    Model answer

    After 1934

  4. 4

    What system did the SS control as part of its expanded role?

    Model answer

    The concentration camp system

  5. 5

    Who founded the Gestapo in Prussia in 1933?

    Model answer

    Hermann Göring

  6. 6

    Who took over the Gestapo in 1934?

    Model answer

    Heinrich Himmler

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