How Hitler used the SS to Control the people of Germany.

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Adam B.        How Hitler used the SS to Control the people of Germany.

As the SS grew so did Hitler's control of the population showing they were essential to the controlling of the country. The SS had started as only a small group of ‘bodyguards’ to protect Hitler but at the night of the long knives the SS replaced the SA. Himmler was the leader of the SS but it was separated into different groups of a network that did different things. But the whole SS network was being filled by as Himmler said “a master race” by the best examples of Germans.

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Their numbers grew very quickly from the 500 it started with to 50,000 and now it was the Nazi internal police force. In 1933 Himmler made Hitler make the SS the actual police force giving them new rights and actions. In the different groups of the SS different jobs were being taken. Reinhard Heidrich was the leader of the Gestapo, he was more feared than Himmler. He was clever and sporty and very respected. They were given the rights to do virtually anything. They were allowed to tap telephones, intercept post and spy on people .In 1936 their actions ...

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