"Brutality impresses" were two of Hitler's convictions nevertheless. ... Hitler's use of the masterly notion of "Brutality impresses" was depicted in the "Night of the Long Knives" on 30 June 1934, where the murders of people who posed a challenge to Hitler's position (in particular, Ernst Rohm and General von Schleicher) and the annihilation of the SA took place. ... Nazi Germany was a police state. In order to implement complete rule, control and power over the German population, the Nazis established both a Ministry of Propaganda to monitor and restrain information, and part...

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In such a state common good is placed over individual good, opponents are ruthlessly prosecuted and the armies as well as the police forces serve as political weapons. The Nazi regime in Germany was a totalitarian one, because its government leaders showed no mercy toward potential opponents as this speech from Herman Goring displays: " Police officers who use weapons in carrying out their duties will be covered by me. ... Every bullet, which leaves the barrel of a police pistol, now is my bullet. ... I Knew Hitler) After gaining power on 30th January 1933, the Nazi regime set up an au...

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