Impact of war on police state & concentration camps

What happened to the role of policing and security during the war?

It expanded.

What happened to the military during the war?

It increased from 3 divisions to 35.

What was created in occupied lands?

The ‘New Order’.

What was the ‘New Order’?

Describes the political, economic and racial reorganisation of Europe planned by Nazi Germany upon winning world war 2.

What process was developed during the war?

Process of exterminating and resettling individuals based on race and ideology.

What were concentration camps?

Prisons where opponents of the regime were questioned and subject to torture, hard-labour and re-education in Nazi ideals.

What were concentration camps set up as a part of?

A campaign against communists and socialists.

How many inmates were there when Himmler took control over concentration camps in 1933?

There were only 3,000 inmates, suggesting the campaign to silence opponents had been successful.

What were concentration camps focused on in 1936?

Asocials (undesirable, anti-social).

Criminals.

Gay people.

What individuals did concentration camps focus on in 1937?

Any who did not fit into the Volksgemeinschaft were imprisoned, including homeless people, Gypsies and the long-term unemployed.

What happened to regular prisoners and foreign workers in 1942?

They were transferred to camps as a source of labour.

What did the camps subsequently become after 1942?

Extermination camps for Jewish people.

How many people were held within camps in September 1939?

25,000.

How many people were held within camps in December 1942?

88,000.

How many people were held within camps in January 1945?

714,211.