instrument of state terror
C860
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.
Observed surface forms (11)
- Nazi institution ×3
- political violence ×2
- starvation policy ×2
- state terrorism ×2
- Nazi policy implementation ×1
- death squad ×1
- forced labor system ×1
- instrument of political repression ×1
- state-organized theft ×1
- system of forced labor camps ×1
- totalitarian control mechanism ×1
Instances (16)
- Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda via concept surface "Nazi institution"
- Red Terror via concept surface "state terrorism"
- SS
- September Massacres via concept surface "political violence"
- Stalinist repressions via concept surface "state terrorism"
- Colfax massacre via concept surface "political violence"
- Backe Plan via concept surface "starvation policy"
- Cultivation System via concept surface "forced labor system"
- Reich Office for Spatial Planning via concept surface "Nazi institution"
- HungerPlan via concept surface "starvation policy"
- CommissarOrderImplementation via concept surface "Nazi policy implementation"
- Gulag system via concept surface "system of forced labor camps"
- Einsatzgruppen via concept surface "death squad"
- Aryanization of Jewish property via concept surface "state-organized theft"
- Reich Office for Economic Expansion via concept surface "Nazi institution"
- Gleichschaltung via concept surface "totalitarian control mechanism"