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=The Gestapo is a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizer. (Secret State Police). It was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel, (S S), and it was administrated by the Reich Main Security Office.==The Gestapo had the authority to investigate espionage, treason and sabotage cases and cases of criminal attacks on Germany and the Nazi Party. The power of the Gestapo open to misuse was called Schutzhaft, or protective custody. (the power to imprison people without judicial proceedings.==The Gestapo could only arrest someone if they signed his or her own Schutzaftbefehl, or a order declaring that the person had requested imprisonment-presumably out of fear of personal harm=
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Why was the frank family discovered?
The Frank family was discovered because someone anonymously tipped off the Gestapo, who then found them hiding in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam. The exact identity of the person who betrayed them remains unknown to this day.
When did the Frank family get discovered?
august 4th, 1944An unidentified person gave a tip to the Getstapo and the Frank family and all other members living in the annex were captured on August 4, 1944. They were held as criminals because they ignored the orders to report to camp two years ago and because they were hiding. From there, they were all sent to various concentration camps and forced to endure extreme manual labor. All members of the annex except for Otto Frank were killed in the camps.
