Transcript Nazi Intimidation

Nazi Intimidation
Lesson starter:
1. What does intimidate mean?
2. How might The Nazis try and
intimidate people?
Today we will…
• Identify the groups Hitler used to
control the German people
The SS started as
Hitler’s bodyguard.
Vocabulary box
Nazi Germany was a dictatorship
This meant that everyone was ruled by
one person Hitler. His rules were very
strict and you would be punished
severely if you did not obey them
• Although Hitler was the
leader of Germany,
most of his work was
done by other people
• These groups ensured
his laws were obeyed
• The groups did their
job so thoroughly,
Hitler had to do very
little
Use this title as the start of a mind map
and add on information throughout the
lesson
.
How did the Nazis
control the German
population?
The SS
• They were originally Hitler’s bodyguards.
• They were in charge of the police and the
work camps set up in Germany to ‘re-educate’
opponents.
• They intimidated any opponents of Hitler
Heinrich
Himmler was
the leader of
The SS
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The Gestapo
The Gestapo were the secret police
They tapped phones and read mail.
They used thousands of informers.
Anyone suspected of being against The
Nazis was arrested.
Spies and Informers
• They informed The Gestapo of anyone
who spoke out against The Nazis.
• Each street or block of flats had its
own informer.
• Sometimes children spied on their own
families.
The Camps
• The prisons soon were full so the SS opened reeducation camps.
• These were not yet death camps but places to
send troublemakers to punish them
• Jews, homosexuals, political prisoners and other
groups were taken here
• The treatment was so bad, fear made most people
cooperate with the Nazis
A camp guard
punishing an
inmate
Sachsenhausen ‘model’ camp in Berlin
Josef Goebbels
• He controlled all Nazi
propaganda
• He ensure the Nazi
party always looked
very good
• He censored anything
which could make the
Nazis look bad
• He made sure
newspapers printed
stories about
communist and Jewish
troublemakers to
scare people.
Today we will…
• Identify the groups Hitler used to
control the German people