Gestapo - Wikipedia
WEBThe Gestapo was a secretive plainclothes agency and agents typically wore civilian suits. There were strict protocols protecting the identity of Gestapo field personnel. When asked for identification, an operative was required only to present his warrant disc and not a picture identification.
Gestapo | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBMar 10, 2021 · The Nazi regime gave Gestapo agents a great deal of power to decide the fate of the people they arrested. Most notably, the Gestapo had the power to send people directly to a concentration camp. This was called “protective custody” ( Schutzhaft ).
Gestapo | Definition, History, Facts, & Tactics | Britannica
WEBMar 10, 2024 · Gestapo, 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.
Nazi Perpetrators: The Gestapo - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBNazi Perpetrators: The Gestapo. The Geheime Staatspolizei (German for Secret State Police, abbreviated “Gestapo”) was the secret police of Nazi Germany, and its main tool of oppression and destruction, which persecuted Germans, opponents of the regime, and Jews. It later played a central role in helping carry out the Nazi's " Final Solution ."
Gestapo | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 8, 2018 · The Gestapo was created to help solidify Nazi control by identifying and arresting anti-Nazi agents in Germany. The agency was restructured several times during its twelve year history and was instrumental in perpetrating the Nazi deportation and destruction of European Jews during the Holocaust.
Category:Gestapo agents - Wikipedia
WEBGestapo agents. Category for undercover agents of the Gestapo, itself an undercover organisation, in World War II.
Records: U.S. Protected Some Nazi Gestapo Agents - CBS News
WEBDec 10, 2010 · Newly released records reveal details on how U.S. intelligence officials used and protected some Nazi Gestapo agents after World War II, tracked Holocaust administrator Adolf Eichmann and...
The Nazi Kripo (Criminal Police) | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBAug 22, 2023 · police. Third Reich. warning signs. Gestapo. Roma. The Criminal Police ( Kriminalpolizei) was the detective police force of Nazi Germany. They are frequently referred to as the Kripo, an acronym for “ Kri minal po lizei.” Police forces called Kriminalpolizei are still common in the German-speaking world today.
Why History Needs World War II Stories of 'Ordinary Nazis' | TIME
WEBJun 16, 2020 · After the war, most ordinary Nazis—Gestapo agents, S.S. and S.A. auxiliaries, party members and government officials, as well as German citizens who embraced the party’s rhetoric—faded into...
He Led Hitler’s Secret Police in Austria. Then He Spied for the West.
WEBApr 5, 2021 · “They knew exactly that Huber was not some petty Gestapo murderer but an SS general who moved within the innermost circles of the Nazi terror apparatus and was responsible for the deaths of tens ...
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