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GCSE History · key term
The intelligence branch of the SS, which collected information about threats to the Nazi regime.
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Paper 1
Revise: Control and Conformity: Terror, Propaganda and OppositionThe SD, the intelligence branch of the SS, gathered information about possible enemies. Led by Reinhard Heydrich, it used spying and informants to monitor threats and passed information to the Gestapo.
Distinguish the organisations: the SA used street violence and helped carry out early arrests; the SS controlled camps and the police apparatus; the SD gathered intelligence; the Gestapo investigated and suppressed opposition.
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