Keeping control of Germany: The carrot and stick

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Keeping control of Germany The carrot and
stick
The Carrot persuading people that Nazi Germany
was a great place! - Propaganda
The Stick If the carrot doesn't workFEAR!
Making people know that if they dont do as they
as supposed to they will be punished!
Gimme 5 Methods Hitler used to persuade people
in Germany
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Today you are going to learn about how Hitler
kept control

• Through TERROR!

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Key Quote

• Terror is the best political weapon for
  nothing drives people harder than a fear of
  sudden death.

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The Terror State

• Both the Gestapo and the SS were run by Heinrich
  Himmler.
• The Gestapo employed an army of spies who would
  inform on people.

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Enemies of the State

• Communists
• Social Democrats
• Jews
• Trade Unionists.
• Work Shy
• Homosexuals
• Gypsies

• Germans who bought from Jews
• Pacifists
• Radical Christian Organisation
• Anyone who criticised Hitler or the Nazi Party.

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Enemies of the State

• A list of German women who were still purchasing
  goods from Jewish shops.
• Printed to scare or terrorise other people into
  not buying from the Jews.

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How did the Terror State Work?
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How did the Terror State Work?

• Everyone knew someone who knew someone else who
  had been in a concentration camp.
• Favourite joke amongst Germans at this time A
  man goes to the Dentist. The Dentist says Open
  Wide. The man sits up and says Not in front of
  a stranger.
• 800,000 Germans were imprisoned from 1933 1945
  as Enemies of the State.
• 500,000 were executed by being shot in the neck.

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Key Quote Martin Niemollen, 1945

• When the Nazis came for the Communists I was
  silent, I was not a Communist.
• When the Nazis came for the Social Democrats I
  was silent, I was not a Social Democrat.
• When the Nazis came for the Jews I was silent, I
  was not a Jew.
• When the Nazis came for me there was nobody left
  to protest.

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How did Hitler keep control of Germany?
Everyone was scared of being arrested by the
Gestapo and being put in a concentration camp.
Hitler Youth the Young Maidens.