It the Third Reich was a system founded on terror unworkable without the secret police and
The Third Reich was founded on terror. Without the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the concentration camps the Nazi dictatorship would have not been successful, as it would not create the same fear and obedience among the German people. ... Without the Gestapo and the Concentration Camps, the Third Reich would not have been as successful in installing fear amongst the German people. An empire without terror does not have the same obedience from its people and power over them. The Gestapo were the Secret State Police, the word derived from seven letters within the full name Geheime Staats Polizei (Secret State Police). The Nazi official, Hermann Göring founded the Gestapo, in April 1933. Without the Gestapo there would have been the added threat of revolutionaries, the success of the Third Reich relied highly on fear and the fact it was almost impossible to stand up to the government. ... Concentration camps were also used in the Nazis campaign to use terror to gain power. The Third Reich represented the deepest wishes of the majority of the German people even thought people feared Hitler and the Nazi regime. ... The success of the Third Reich was dependant on the terror and fear spread amongst German people with the use of Concentration Camps and the existence of the Gestapo.