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GCSE History · key term
The Nazi secret state police, which investigated and suppressed opponents of the regime.
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Paper 1
The Nazi Secret State Police, which investigated suspected opponents and could arrange imprisonment without trial.
Revise: Control and OppositionThe Gestapo, or Secret State Police, investigated suspected opposition. It could interrogate people and arrange imprisonment without trial, including detention in concentration camps. Regular police also helped enforce Nazi rule.
Paper 3
The Nazi secret state police, responsible for investigating and suppressing people and activities the regime considered threats.
Revise: The Police StateThe Gestapo investigated suspected enemies and decided what should happen to those arrested. The SS, led by Heinrich Himmler, controlled the concentration camp system. Concentration camps confined opponents and other targeted groups under brutal conditions.
Paper 1
The Nazi secret police, which investigated suspected opponents and could imprison people without a normal trial.
Revise: Control and Conformity: Terror, Propaganda and OppositionLed by Reinhard Heydrich, it used spying and informants to monitor threats and passed information to the Gestapo.
Paper 3
The Nazi state’s secret political police, which investigated and suppressed people and activities the regime regarded as threats.
Revise: Machinery of terrorThe Gestapo, SS, law courts and concentration camps performed different but connected roles. Together, they allowed the regime both to punish acts it had made illegal and to imprison people without proving an offence in court.
The Nazi secret state police, which investigated and suppressed opposition to the regime.
Distinguish the organisations: Himmler led the SS; the SS enforced Nazi rule and guarded concentration camps; the Gestapo investigated and suppressed suspected opposition.
Distinguish the organisations: the Gestapo investigated and arrested suspected enemies; SS units guarded and administered concentration camps.
Do not claim that Gestapo agents watched everyone. Their limited personnel made reports from ordinary people important.
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