1. Mnemonic Learning III
Nazi Control of Germany
Nazi Germany

2. PIG SLAP
P Propaganda
I Indoctrination
G Gypsies, Gays and Jews
S S.A.
L Laws
A Army
P Police State

3. P – Propaganda
 Propaganda was spreading information and ideas of the Nazi
viewpoint to influence people’s opinions.
 Nazis used various tools of Propaganda: Radio; Newspapers;
Censorship; Films; Books; Theatre; Music and Mass Rallies.
 Hitler’s Propaganda minister was Josef Goebbels.
I - Indoctrination
 Hitler took great trouble making sure the German children
supported him and his views.
 In schools teachers had to be Nazis and teach Nazi ideas in their
lessons (like Aryan values).
 Young people had to belong to the Hitler youth where the boys
learned military skills and the girls learned homemaking skills.

4. G – Gypsies, Gays and Jews
 Hitler was determined to crush anyone who he felt was a threat
to his rule, but he also targeted groups he personally hated.
 Jew were treated very badly – banned from voting, sacked from
jobs, barred from schools, even forced to move home.
 Hitler started moving these people into concentration camps
where many would die.
S – The S.A
 The S.A. (or brownshirts) were Hitler’s private army.
 They broke up opposition meetings, bullied voters and cause
trouble for people on Hitler’s Hate list.
 They were disbanded and leaders (Rohm) executed in the Night
of the Long Knives (1934).

5. L – Laws
 Enabling Act (1933) – After the Reichstag fire this allowed
Hitler to make laws without consulting the Reichstag.
 Nuremberg Laws (1935) – A set of laws that discriminated
against the Jews and said they were only allowed to marry
other Jews.
A – Army
 The army (Wehrmacht) were a potential threat to Hitler( the
only force big enough to stand up to him)
 As soon as Hindenburg made Hitler President he made
sure the army all the army swore an oath of personal loyalty
to him.

6. P – Police State
 The S.S. (Schutzstaffel) were Hitler’s personal bodyguards and took
prominence after the S.A. Were disbanded.
 Gestapo – Were Germany’s secret police who spied on people they
thought would be a threat.
 Law courts were under Nazi control and Nazi officials were ignored by
the police. Concentration camps set up for anyone the Nazis didn’t
like – inmates forced to work hard and some were tortured and killed.
REMEMBER –
PIG SLAP
How the Nazis controlled Germany!