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Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei ([ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ, lit. 'Secret State Police', abbreviated Gestapo ⓘ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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Agency executives
Rudolf Diels (1933–1934) · Reinhard Heydrich (1934–1939) · Heinrich Müller (1939–1945)
Dissolved
8 May 1945; 81 years ago (1945-05-08)
Employees
32,000 (1944 est.)
Formed
26 April 1933; 93 years ago (1933-04-26)
General nature
Secret police
Legal jurisdiction
Germany and occupied Europe

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History

Counterintelligence

Suppression of resistance and persecution

Organisation

Membership

Population ratios, methods, and effectiveness

Operations in Nazi-occupied territories

Nuremberg trials

Aftermath

Principal agents and officers

Ranks and uniforms

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Gestapo

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Gestapo

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related to Principal agents and officers · 46
Gestapo → Adolf Eichmann, Carl Oberg, Central France, Chief, Düsseldorf Gestapo Criminal Commissar, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Ernst Misselwitz, Founder, Frankfurt Lindenstrasse, Gerhard FleschHermann Göring, Gestapo Chief, Hauptscharführer SiPo-SD Paris, Head, Heinrich Baab, Heinrich Himmler, Heinrich Müller, Henry Rinnan, Herbert Kappler, Karl Bömelburg, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
related to history · 45
Gestapo → Abteilung Ia, After Adolf Hitler, April, Bavaria, Chancellor, Department, Diels, Frick, Geheime Staatspolizei, Geheimes Polizeiamt, German, Germany, Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie, GPA, GPU, Göring, He, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Himmler
related to Nuremberg trials · 41
Gestapo → Albert Speer, Alfred Jodl, Alfred Rosenberg, Allies, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, At, Baldur, Between, Erich Raeder, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Franz, Fritz Sauckel, Hans Frank, Hans Fritzsche, Heinrich Müller, Hermann Göring, Hjalmar Schacht, However, IMT, International Military Tribunal
related to Organisation · 36
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related to Membership · 33
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has method · 31
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related to General opposition and military conspiracy · 23
Gestapo → Among, Between, From, Hitler's, However, In May, Jungdeutscher Orden, Markwitz Circle, Most, National Socialist, Nazi, Nearly, One, Otto Strasser, Party, Radical Middle Class, Robby Group, Römer Group, Schwarze Front, Schwarze Reichswehr
related to Student opposition · 23
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related to Counterintelligence · 22
Gestapo → After Germany, British, Budapest, East, Eastern, Europe, German, However, In, Istanbul, London, Nazi Germany, October, Order Police, Poland, Polish, Prague, Soviet Union, SS, The Poles
related to Religious dissent · 22
Gestapo → Catholics, Christians, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, For, Germany, Hitler, However, Increasing, Kirchenkampf, Many, Mit, Nazi, Nazis, Nazism, Party, Pope Pius XI, Protestant, Some, Sorge, The

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police german nazi germany ss political sd himmler also hitler members chief security state göring 1933 office organisation people war

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GestapoAgency executivesRudolf Diels (1933–1934)1.00infobox
GestapoAgency executivesReinhard Heydrich (1934–1939)1.00infobox
GestapoAgency executivesHeinrich Müller (1939–1945)1.00infobox
GestapoDissolved8 May 1945; 81 years ago (1945-05-08)1.00infobox
GestapoEmployees32,000 (1944 est.)1.00infobox
GestapoFormed26 April 1933; 93 years ago (1933-04-26)1.00infobox
GestapoGeneral natureSecret police1.00infobox
GestapoHeadquartersPrinz-Albrecht-Straße 8, Berlin .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-…1.00infobox
GestapoLegal jurisdictionGermany and occupied Europe1.00infobox
GestapoMinisters responsibleHermann Göring 1933–1934, Minister President of Prussia1.00infobox
GestapoMinisters responsibleWilhelm Frick 1936–1943, Interior Minister1.00infobox
GestapoMinisters responsibleHeinrich Himmler, Chief of the German Police, 1936–1945; Interior Minister, 1943–19451.00infobox
GestapoParent agencyAllgemeine SS1.00infobox
GestapoParent agencyReich Security Main Office1.00infobox
GestapoParent agencySicherheitspolizei1.00infobox
GestapoPreceding agencyPrussian Secret Police (founded 1851)1.00infobox

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