Скачать или смотреть When Saying the Wrong Thing Could Get You Arrested

After the Reichstag Fire Decree of 1933 suspended privacy rights, political police could legally read mail, search homes and monitor calls without warrants. The Gestapo and the SS security service (SD), later grouped under the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), used intercepted letters, tapped phone lines and a dense network of informants to track public opinion and hunt “enemies of the state.” Ordinary Germans were encouraged to report colleagues, relatives or neighbors; many investigations began with a casual denunciation that could end in prison, a camp, or execution.

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