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Gestapo is short for Geheime Staatspolizei, which means literally 'secret state [government] police'. It was the Nazi secret (political) police, which was looking for opponents to the regime, people who were dissatisfied, saboteurs and so on.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 8y agoGestapo is an abbreviation for "Geheime staatpollizei" which translates as Secret state police.
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∙ 15y agoGeheime Stats Politzei (Secret States (Municipal) Police)
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∙ 15y agoGeheime Staatspolizei, or Secret State Police.
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∙ 12y agoIt's a shortened form of Geheime Staatspolizei, which is German for "secret state police".
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Hitler's secret police was called?
the gestapo
What is the gestapo in Anne Frank?
The Gestapo are the police.
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 were two concentration camps established by the gestapo?
If you mean Gestapo in the literal sense of the Nazi political police, they established only one camp, Columbia-Haus, Berlin. (It was tucked away near Tempelhof Airport). It was fire and foremost an intensive interrogation centre. If you mean Gestapo in the broad sens of Nazi terror apparatus, then have a look at the list in the links.
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 were two concentration camps established by the gestapo?
If you mean Gestapo in the literal sense of the Nazi political police, they established only one camp, Columbia-Haus, Berlin. (It was tucked away near Tempelhof Airport). It was fire and foremost an intensive interrogation centre. If you mean Gestapo in the broad sens of Nazi terror apparatus, then have a look at the list in the links.
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.
