Life in Nazi Germany 1933–1939 · 1933 – 1939
The Police State
The roles of the SS, Gestapo, and the SD in maintaining terror.
Key Questions
- 1How did the Gestapo use informers to control the German population?
- 2To what extent was Nazi Germany a "consent-based" dictatorship?
- 3How did the concentration camp system evolve before 1939?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
GCSE: History - Weimar and Nazi Germany
Year: Year 11
Subject: History
Unit: Life in Nazi Germany 1933–1939
Period: 1933 – 1939
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