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GCSE History · key term
A person who supplies information about other people to the authorities, sometimes secretly.
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Revise: Nazi Methods of ControlThe Gestapo, established by Hermann Goering in April 1933, was the secret state police. It used surveillance, informants and entrapment to identify suspected opponents. Entrapment meant drawing someone into revealing or committing an act that could then be used against them.
Explain how a method produced control: informants made criticism risky, while censorship removed alternative viewpoints. Naming an organisation alone does not explain its effect.
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