Hitler's consolidation chart
Organization Methods used Controlled by Duties How it helped
Hitler make his
position secure
SS The SS had been Heinrich Himmler As part of its race- Hitler used the SS
put in charge of centric functions as his execution
securing Germany during World War squad to
from internal and II, the SS oversaw eliminate his
external enemies. the isolation and opponents.
They controlled displacement of
the concentration Jews from the
camps, where populations of the
‘undesirable conquered
people’ were territories, seizing
imprisoned. their assets and
deporting them to
concentration
camps and
ghettos, where
they were used as
slave labor or
immediately
killed.
Gestapo The Gestapo The force was The Gestapo had From 1933 until
(Geheime created by the authority to 1945, the Gestapo
Staatspolizei, Hermann Göring investigate cases established and
Secret State in 1933.On 20 of treason, enforced a
Police) were the April 1934, espionage, reputation of
Nazis’ secret oversight of the sabotage and terror among the
police. It played a Gestapo passed to criminal attacks German
crucial role in the head of the on the Nazi Party population. This
Germany’s SS, Heinrich and Germany. The reputation helped
internal security. Himmler, who basic Gestapo law the Gestapo to
Over 150,000 was also passed by the effectively carry
informants appointed Chief government in out Nazi policies
throughout the of German Police 1936 gave the against the Jews
country would by Hitler in 1936. Gestapo carte and other
report any anti- blanche to “enemies” of the
Nazi feeling to the operate without regime, as well as
Gestapo. The judicial review—in keeping the rest
Gestapo and effect, putting it of the German
informants did above the law. society in line.
not wear
uniforms so
Germans did not
Organization Methods used Controlled by Duties How it helped
Hitler make his
position secure
SS The SS had been Heinrich Himmler As part of its race- Hitler used the SS
put in charge of centric functions as his execution
securing Germany during World War squad to
from internal and II, the SS oversaw eliminate his
external enemies. the isolation and opponents.
They controlled displacement of
the concentration Jews from the
camps, where populations of the
‘undesirable conquered
people’ were territories, seizing
imprisoned. their assets and
deporting them to
concentration
camps and
ghettos, where
they were used as
slave labor or
immediately
killed.
Gestapo The Gestapo The force was The Gestapo had From 1933 until
(Geheime created by the authority to 1945, the Gestapo
Staatspolizei, Hermann Göring investigate cases established and
Secret State in 1933.On 20 of treason, enforced a
Police) were the April 1934, espionage, reputation of
Nazis’ secret oversight of the sabotage and terror among the
police. It played a Gestapo passed to criminal attacks German
crucial role in the head of the on the Nazi Party population. This
Germany’s SS, Heinrich and Germany. The reputation helped
internal security. Himmler, who basic Gestapo law the Gestapo to
Over 150,000 was also passed by the effectively carry
informants appointed Chief government in out Nazi policies
throughout the of German Police 1936 gave the against the Jews
country would by Hitler in 1936. Gestapo carte and other
report any anti- blanche to “enemies” of the
Nazi feeling to the operate without regime, as well as
Gestapo. The judicial review—in keeping the rest
Gestapo and effect, putting it of the German
informants did above the law. society in line.
not wear
uniforms so
Germans did not
