the Gestapo was the party police force and the SS were the party para-military (army) force.
The Gestapo was actually a branch of the SS. The were known as the Nazi secret police.
The Gestapo's role in France during the occupation was varied. They tried to ID any and all allied spies and collaborators. Needless to say this was an impossible task. They were also to supplement the Abwehr in their operations and aid the SS also. If you like Star Trek, you can use the analogy of the Gestapo as the Cardasians trying to stop the Marquis (which incendently is where they got this name).
because the Gestapo had almost unlimited powers and almost no accountability.
I Escaped from the Gestapo - 1943 was released on: USA: 14 May 1943 Portugal: 29 April 1946
Hogan's Heroes - 1965 To the Gestapo with Love 4-5 was released on: USA: 26 October 1968
the Gestapo arrested them and the SS imprisoned them
The Gestapo was actually a branch of the SS. The were known as the Nazi secret police.
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Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
The SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
The SS and the gestapo
Head of the SS and GESTAPO
Schutzstaffel- roughly protective staff or units. The Waffen-SS was in effect the fourth branch of the German armed forces, alongside the Army ( Heer), Navy ( Kriegsmarine) and Luftwaffe ( Air Force) the Nazis did not have a Marine corps or specific amphibious assault troops, by the way.AnswerThere was no such term as 'SS-Gestapo'. The Gestapo was one of the Nazi's secret police organisations which, like all German police organisations, came under the control of the SS. Membership of the Gestapo did not necessarily mean membership of the SS.
No it was the Gestapo or Schutzstaffel (SS)
The Waffen SS was formed by Hitler to be his personal bodyguards, but by 1942 the Waffen SS or SS for short was 500,000 strong. The Gestapo were German Military Police they were a branch of the SS, many feared the gestapo (if you disobeyed them they would shoot you on site even for women and children)
Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
Gestapo was the Nazi police force created April 1933 by Goering to serve as a Political Polive Force in Prussia.