from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/39/a3921239.shtml
Question: how did Hitler and Stalin use their secret police to control their people?
Gestapo was the force of the Reich. Hitler used his German police to scare the people of Germany into submission. He had the power to throw someone who questioned him into jail for no reason. They started out by being Hitler's body guards. People knew that if they questioned Hitler publicly that they would either be killed or put into a concentration camp (they would most likely die there also). All of the judges were Nazis so that the ruling would be in favor of the Nazi party.
from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi_police_state.htm
Nazi police made sure that everyone was doing what Hitler told them. The police could arrest people on "suspicion". Anyone could be arrested. The Gestapo was free from any judicial scrutiny. Laws meant nothing to them. The police were a large force because there were many people who were against the Nazis. Fear became the main form of control in Germany. INTIMIDATION!!! People who were arrested were allowed to pack for 3 minutes and then they were taken out of their house. The prisoners were forced to sign a form that then sent them to concentration camps.
from http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/germany/gestapo.htm
Founded in 1933. One of the primary groups used for persecuting the Jewish people. Carried out mass murders. SEVERE treatment. The Gestapo were the primary source of oppression under Hitler. Eliminated the people who were enemies to the Nazi's. "Schutzhaf" is the the ability to not use any type of judicial proceedings.
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