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The Gestapo (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; "secret state police") was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Under the overall administration of the SS, it was administrated by the RSHA and was considered a dual organization of the Sicherheitsdienst and also a suboffice of the Sicherheitspolizei.
The Gestapo was the political secret police. Its functions included spying on enemies of the Nazi regime (imaginary as well as real), finding dissidents and opponents. They were arrested, ill treated and often sent on to concentration camps. The Gestapo was a key part of the Nazi terror apparatus.
The Gestapo was the German secret police during the Nazi era. Gestapo is short for "Geheime Staatspolizei." They didn't investigate criminal cases. They investigated people who were believed to be enemies of the state. The gestapo participated in locating and rounding up Jews in Germany and the captured nations.
The Gestapo were the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Gestapo was an abbreviation for Geheime Staatspolizei and was under the administration of SS leader Heinrich Himmler from April 20th 1934. From September 1939 forward, it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), the Reich Main Security Office and was considered a sister organization of the Sicherheitsdienst, the security service.
In Nazi Germany the police were allowed to arrest people on suspicion that they were about to do wrong or that they were some kind of threat to the state. This gave the police great power over citizens. All local police units had to draw up a list of people in their locality who might be suspected of being "Enemies of the State". This list was given to the Gestapo. The Gestapo had the power to do as it liked. Its leader, Reinhard Heydrich, was one of the most feared men in Nazi Germany. His immediate chief was Heinrich Himmler. Both men ran their respective branches with ruthless efficiency.
The first "police" head was Rudolf Diels, with Hermann Goering as the political boos (1933-34). In 1934 Himmler became head of a much enlarged Gestapo.
They hunted the Jews, hippies, homosexuals, blacks and gypsies for the Nazi's. They usually killed them if they found them. This was in WWII for Hitler.
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What were Adolf Hitler's secret police called?
The Gestapo was a secret police that showed their strength with the use of terror. Hitler and the Nazi party used this secret police to hunt down Jews, gypsies, etc. Once they found them, they would be sent to the concentration camps.
Who was Herman goring and what did he have to do with the gestapo?
Hermann Goering is the founder of the Gestapo.
What were the gestapo weapons?
Pistols
German in charge of the gestapo?
Himmler
3 What was the name of the Nazi secret police organization?
The Nazi secret police were the Geheime Staats Polizei; which was shortened to Gestapo.
Hitler's secret police was called?
the gestapo
Where did the gestapo?
because gestapo is aweshum
Where did the gestapo operate?
because gestapo is aweshum
What is the gestapo in Anne Frank?
The Gestapo are the police.
Did the Nazis have anything to do with gestapo?
The Gestapo were the Secret Police for the Nazis. The Gestapo belonged to the Nazi Party.
What was the Japanese counterpart to the Nazi Gestapo?
The Japanese Gestapo - or Kempeitai - were very similar to the Gestapo in the way they operated, but had been around for much longer than the Gestapo (1881-1945). Their numbers were considerably larger than that of the Gestapo, however - about 70,000, compared to the Gestapo's 32,000.
What were the nazi secret police called?
The Gestapo.
What requirements were needed to be a gestapo?
The main requirement needed to be in the Gestapo was being a non-Jewish German. You also needed to believe in the Gestapo and agree with that way of thinking to join the Gestapo.
What were Adolf Hitler's secret police called?
The Gestapo was a secret police that showed their strength with the use of terror. Hitler and the Nazi party used this secret police to hunt down Jews, gypsies, etc. Once they found them, they would be sent to the concentration camps.
How did the gestapo get their info?
The Gestapo relied heavily on networks of informers.
What was Hitler's secret police called?
It was called the Gestapo.
Who was Herman goring and what did he have to do with the gestapo?
Hermann Goering is the founder of the Gestapo.
