Germany GCSE History EDUQAS (Chapters 1-7)
| Front | How was the police used to establish a terror state? |
| Back | Police split into two groups under Himmler: the ordinary police force and the political police (included Gestapo under Reinhard Heydrich)Himmler and Heydrich controlled a vast security operation which dealt ruthlessly with any opposition to Nazi dictatorshipMany of the first inmates of the concentration camps were opposingGestapo had power to arrest people without trial and put into "protective custody" (specially organised concentration camps)18 concentration camps to start with, organised by SS"Death's Head units"- SS unit which controlled concentration camps |
| Front | What were Hitler's economic aims? |
| Back | To reduce unemploymentExpand and rearm Germany's army, navy and air forceMake Germany self-sufficient (autarky) and not too dependent on foreign trade |
| Front | How did Herman Goering help the economy? |
| Back | Four Year Plan - Make Germany independent of the need for foreign imports, get Germany ready for war within 4 yearsAutarky - make Germany self-sufficient as too many goods were importedConscription - reintroduced in 1935, 1.4 million conscripted by 1939Industries needed to produce weapons expandedUse of coal and chemicals doubled between 1933-1939 |