Nazi Control and the Police State Quiz

Who was the leader of the SS (Schutzstaffel or Protection Squad) from 1929?

• Adolf Hitler

• Heinrich Himmler

• Hermann Goering

• Joseph Goebbels

Which organization was responsible for monitoring the opponents of the Nazi Party?

• SA (Sturmabteilung)

• Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)

• SD (Sicherheitsdienst)

• SS (Schutzstaffel)

What was the main aim of the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)?

• To identify and remove the enemies of the Nazi Party

• To act as a personal bodyguard for Hitler

• To protect and support the Nazi Party

• To monitor the opponents of the Nazi Party

What was the main weapon of the Gestapo to instill fear in the Germans?

• Fear of concentration camps

• Use of informants

• Arrest without warning

• Torture

Which was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in 1933?

• Buchenwald

• Dachau

• Moringen

• Auschwitz

What was the main goal of the concentration camps?

• To provide education and training to the prisoners

• To provide medical care to the prisoners

• To rehabilitate the prisoners

• To confine those deemed to be a political or racial opponent

What was the purpose of the National Socialist League for the Maintenance of the Law set up by Hitler?

• To ensure all judges support Nazi ideas

• To control the law courts

• To abolish trial by jury

• To hand-pick judges for the People's Court

What did Hitler do to ensure that all judges would support Nazi ideas?

• Denied membership to judges who displeased the Nazis

• Set up the People's Court

• Abolished trial by jury

• Hand-picked judges for the People's Court

What was the main purpose of the People's Court set up by Hitler in 1934?

• To ensure fair trials for political offences

• To provide justice to the people

• To abolish trial by jury

• To give Hitler control of the law

How many people were sentenced to death for political offences between 1934 and 1939?

• 100

• 800

• 534

• 300