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Bookmark or Share- SS Police State | Holocaust EncyclopediaAdolf Hitler appoints SS chief Heinrich Himmler chief of all German police units. All police powers are now centralized. The Gestapo (German secret state police) comes under Himmler's control. Responsible for state security, it has the authority to send individuals to concentration camps.
- Gestapo | Definition, History, Facts, & Tactics | BritannicaGestapo, the political police of Nazi Germany. It ruthlessly eliminated opposition to the Nazis within Germany and its occupied territories and, in partnership with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD; ‘Security Service’), was responsible for the roundup of Jews throughout Europe for deportation to extermination camps.
- Gestapo - WikipediaThe Geheime Staatspolizei (German pronunciation: [ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ; transl. "Secret State Police"), abbreviated Gestapo (/ ɡ ə ˈ s t ɑː p oʊ / gə-STAH-poh, German: [ɡəˈʃtaːpo] ⓘ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.
- The Gestapo: Definition and History - ThoughtCoThe Gestapo was the secret police of Nazi Germany, a notorious organization tasked with destroying political opponents of the Nazi movement, suppressing any opposition to Nazi policies, and persecuting Jews. From its origins as a Prussian intelligence organization, it grew into a sprawling and greatly feared apparatus of oppression.
- Gestapo - WikiwandThe Geheime Staatspolizei ( German pronunciation: [ ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ; transl. "Secret State Police" ), abbreviated Gestapo ( / ɡəˈstɑːpoʊ / gə-STAH-poh, German: [ ɡəˈʃtaːpo] ⓘ ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. Quick Facts Agency overview, Formed ...
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