instrument of state terror

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concept

An instrument of state terror is any tool, policy, institution, or practice deliberately used by a government to instill fear, suppress dissent, and maintain control through intimidation and violence.

All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
political violence 8
state terrorism 4
Nazi institution 3

Instances (32)

Instance Via concept surface
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Nazi institution
police forces of St. Petersburg Tsarist security apparatus
Red Terror state terrorism
SS
Ellenton massacre political violence
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. political violence
Nazi war aims genocidal policy framework
September Massacres political violence
Red Terror
surface form: Red Terror (Ethiopia)
state terrorism
Stalinist repressions state terrorism
SS and security forces repressive apparatus
Council of Blood instrument of repression
Council of Troubles in the Netherlands instrument of repression
Colfax massacre political violence
Emacs state Evil state
Operation Condor state terror program
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) political violence
Backe Plan starvation policy
Cultivation System forced labor system
Reich Office for Spatial Planning Nazi institution
HungerPlan starvation policy
CommissarOrderImplementation Nazi policy implementation
assassination attempts on Charles de Gaulle political violence
Gulag system system of forced labor camps
Einsatzgruppen death squad
Aryanization of Jewish property state-organized theft
Red Terror campaign in Ethiopia state terrorism
Reich Office for Economic Expansion Nazi institution
Nazi judicial system component of totalitarian state
La Violencia political violence
Decossackization political violence
Gleichschaltung totalitarian control mechanism