Hitler’s Domestic Policies:

1. Political Repression: Banning opposition parties, arrests, and false accusations (e.g., Reichstag Fire) to consolidate power.

2. Night of the Long Knives (1934): Purge of political rivals, including SA leader Ernst Röhm.

3. Anti-Semitic Policies: Jews were blamed for Germany’s problems, leading to the Nuremberg Laws and increasing persecution.

The Holocaust:

• Genocide of Jews: The systematic killing of six million Jews, justified by Nazi claims that Jews were responsible for Germany’s hardships.

• Key Events: Nuremberg Laws (1935) and the “Night of Broken Glass” (1938), where Jewish properties were destroyed.

State Control in Nazi Germany:

1. Police State: The Gestapo and Storm Troopers suppressed any opposition.

2. Judiciary Control: The Nazis controlled the judiciary to enact laws that supported their agenda.

3. Banning Trade Unions: Replaced with the German Labour Front to suppress strikes and opposition.

4. Control of Education: Schools and textbooks were used to indoctrinate children into Nazi ideology.

5. Control of Religion: Hitler attempted to control both Catholic and Protestant churches, often using coercion and repression.

Economic Control:

• The Nazis managed the economy to create jobs through public works, control industrial production, and limit inflation. They promoted exports and ensured Germany’s economic self-sufficiency.