How did Hitler keep control of Nazi Germany?
The Nazis were able to keep control of Germany because the rest of the population of Germany who didn’t adore Hitler, feared him and the Nazis. One of the methods of keeping complete control was through the use of terror which means that the police state terrorized people into accepting the Nazi rule. Hitler gave the Gestapo complete control which meant individuals lost the right to privacy and officials could read people's mail, listen in on telephone conversations, and search private homes without a warrant. The block leaders spied on the people living down their street or in houses near them and reported anyone who was heard to be foul-mouthing Hitler. If anybody was to be caught with criticism or opposition towards Hitler they would either end up dead, arrested and imprisoned without trial, or in concentration camp, therefore most of Germany was left unable to say or do anything against the Nazis even when they didn’t support them or may have strongly disagreed with what they were doing. There was no escape from Hitler and the Nazi rule, Hitler set up the Nazi people's courts where judges have to swear an oath of loyalty to the Nazis and all political parties were banned – only the Nazi party was allowed to exist. The people of Germany who didn’t support the Nazi way were trapped and forced into supporting the Nazis, and had to go along with the unfair treatment and campaign of violence and terror against Communists, Jews, Socialists and other opponents.
