The Gestapo was the secret police of Nazi Germany. The term Gestapo was created by a postal official from Berlin (www.historyplace.com). ¨It was derived from 7 letters in the name Gehime Staats Polizei¨ (www.historyplace.com). ¨At its peak, it had employed about 40,000 individuals. Each Gestapo agent operated at the center of a large web of spies and informants¨ (www.historyplace.com). Many leftists, intellectuals, trade unionists, homosexuals, and many more disappeared into concentration camps after being arrested by the Gestapo (www.britannica.com ). The political sections had either ordered prisoners to be tortured, murdered, or released. The Gestapo has acted as jury, judge, and executionors (www.historylearningsite.co.uk). Gestapo is
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¨A fierce rivalry between Himmler and Goring developed when Goring set his sights on the Gestapo¨ (www.historyplace.com). After awhile, Himmler had handed over the Gestapo to Goring on April 20,1934. When Goring had taken over the Gestapo, he had assigned Reinhard Heydrich to be the main chief. ¨Goring had started using the Gestapo to silence Hitler´s political opponents from Berlin¨ (www.historyplace.com). ¨The Gestapo followed Hitler´s armies into every country during the conquest of Europe¨ (www.historyplace.com). ¨Gestapo members were included in the depoyment groups¨ (www.britannica.com). Deployment groups were mobile death squads that foollowed the German regular army. ¨The Gestapo helped control conquered areas of Europe¨ (World Book, page 175). There job in Europe were to tackle any threats and to find the Jews. Hitler knew that he had the Gestapos loyalty. He used them as agents of domestic terror. They only had to listen to Hitler and they were never affected by the law. Very few people would challenge the Gestapo. ¨German population had believed that the Gestapo was everywhere and that you couldn´t trust anyone¨ (www.historylearningsite.co.uk). Gestapo quickly became the most powerful and the most feared
¨A fierce rivalry between Himmler and Goring developed when Goring set his sights on the Gestapo¨ (www.historyplace.com). After awhile, Himmler had handed over the Gestapo to Goring on April 20,1934. When Goring had taken over the Gestapo, he had assigned Reinhard Heydrich to be the main chief. ¨Goring had started using the Gestapo to silence Hitler´s political opponents from Berlin¨ (www.historyplace.com). ¨The Gestapo followed Hitler´s armies into every country during the conquest of Europe¨ (www.historyplace.com). ¨Gestapo members were included in the depoyment groups¨ (www.britannica.com). Deployment groups were mobile death squads that foollowed the German regular army. ¨The Gestapo helped control conquered areas of Europe¨ (World Book, page 175). There job in Europe were to tackle any threats and to find the Jews. Hitler knew that he had the Gestapos loyalty. He used them as agents of domestic terror. They only had to listen to Hitler and they were never affected by the law. Very few people would challenge the Gestapo. ¨German population had believed that the Gestapo was everywhere and that you couldn´t trust anyone¨ (www.historylearningsite.co.uk). Gestapo quickly became the most powerful and the most feared