gestapo

     

The Gestapo (help·info) (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: "Secret State Police") was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Uner the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel (SS), it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) ("head office of the Reich's security service") and was considered a dual organization of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) ("security service") and also a suboffice of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO) ("security police").

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  • This secret state police force was first established in Prussia in 1933 & later became an arm of the SS
  • It was derived from 3 German words that meant "secret state police", & that certainly describes it

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