The GeheimeStaatspolizei or Gestapo was Nazi Germanys secret police ‚ founded in 1933 by Herman Goring the Gestapo fell under the SS to the point that The Gestapo was administered by officers of the SS. For most of its existence Heinrich Himmler directly controlled the Gestapo as he was appointed Chef der Deutschen Polizei thus controlling all police units within Nazi Germany. The Gestapo acted outside of the normal judicial process as it acted above the law and had rights of imprisonment or execution
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Gestapo: Terror in the Police Station The police have been looked down ac a protectorate service in countries for centuries. Some might say that they have been known for being heroes in society‚ but others could beg to differ. The Gestapo is a perfect example of a police station gone wrong. The Gestapo was put in to effect a little after the first quarter of the 20th century. The Nazis were coming to power in England‚ and were being lead by Adolf Hitler. Hitler appointed Himmler as the leader
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“The potency of the SS Gestapo as a tool of repression explains why there was so little opposition to the Third Reich between 1939 and 1945”. How far do you agree with this statement? According to American historian Benjamin Sax‚ “the SS was not merely a police‚ surveillance and paramilitary organisation. Its main objective‚ from which it derived its ‘legitimate’ use of force‚ was to create the racially pure Volksgemeinschaft”. This description of the SS Gestapo incorporates many opinions revolving
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“The Gestapo” by Jacques Delarue September first‚ 1939‚ Germany invades Poland using a series of advanced Blitzkrieg attacks‚ this marks the beginning of World War Two. Even before this date‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party began their long unnecessary attacks on the Untermensch‚ or undesirables‚ so they were called. The ultimate brainwashing campaign of Hitler and the German secret police‚ the Gestapo‚ led to a new development of hateful ideologies among the people; leading
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Gestapo was created by Adolf Hitler in 1933. It was a secret police to help solidify Nazi control by identifying and arresting anti-Nazi people. It originated from political department of the police headquarters in Berlin. Hitler gave control of this organization to Herman Goring as the director. He encouraged his officers to arrest any threats to the Nazi government. Hitler eliminated the SA in 1934. In 1936‚ Heinrich Himmler was the head of Hitler’s special forces unit‚ the Schutzstaffel (SS).
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The beliefs on how the Gestapo Treated People Most people believe the Gestapo in Germany we imprisoning Jews based off of their own decisions and feelings. Some people believe they were being controlled by Hinrich Himmler‚ who is the head of the S.S. Hitler’s elite paramilitary corps. These are both good theories but only one can be true. These theories also have much supporting information to back them up. People say they were being controlled by Himmler. They were not that active until the head
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like someone is watching ‚ or eavesdropping on a conversation or phone call? Or someone’s hurting the innocent who can’t protect themselves from harm’s way? Well the people doing those things were the S.S ( Schutzstaffel ) and the Gestapo. The S.S and the Gestapo had their differences but were yet so similar when you compare the two. Therefore‚ The S.S was a security squad lead by Heinrich Himmler‚ in Nazi‚Germany that protected Adolf Hitler from harm. They were in charge of “ eliminating soviet
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means to be unreasonable and foolish‚ this image not only badly effects Churchill but also the policies and party he supports/stands for. Source E also supports the idea that the broadcast was the conservatives downfall as it quotes Churchill saying ‘Gestapo’ the German word for secret police‚ this was sensitive subject during this time period as it was just after the war and this comparison with the labour and Nazi party was in theory meant to discourage a labour vote from a conservatives view point
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spoke crazy against the Nazis. The Nazis used and created The SS‚ the Gestapo‚ and concentration camps One of the first thing they created to establish their power was the SS. The SS was formed within 1925 and were true according to Hitler performing as his non-public bodyguard. Their leader was Heinrich Himmler and the SS principle capacity was to wreck
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extremist views. Because Germany was in the middle of a Great Depression‚ they had no one else to believe in but Hitler. He took advantage of Germany’s hopeless population by putting blame on the Jews for all of Germany’s problems. The Nazi Party and the Gestapo controlled Germany’s population‚ and sent Jews and other races that were deemed undesirable to the concentration camps. Hitler’s views inspired many leaders to join the Nazi Party‚ such as: Klaus Barbie‚ Joseph Goebbels‚ Hermann Goring‚ Rudolf Hess
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