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The Gestapo was founded in April 26, 1933 as the "Geheime Staatspolizei" or the "Secret State Police" headquartered in Prinz-Albrecht-Strabe, Berlin. The Gestapo numbered roughly 32,000 employees.

The Gestapo was under the administration of SS leader Heinrich Himmler the Chief of German Police. After September 1939 it was led by the "Reichssicherheitshauptamt" or the "Reich Main Security Office".

The Gestapo was dissolved May 8, 1945 after the Nazi defeat at the end of WW2.

The predecessors of the Gestapo were the Prussian Secret Police.

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