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Gestapo Headquarters was in Berlin, on Prince Albrecht Strasse (Niederkircherstrasse today). The building was largely destroyed by aerial bombing during the war, and completely demolished afterward. There were regional detachments in every part of Germany and in every city and sizable town. Detachments also operated in every Nazi occupied country. The Nazis were able to get a stranglehold on power in Germany by making Germany a completely thoroughgoing police state. The Gestapo and its informers were everywhere. People denounced their neighbors out of fear for what might happen to themselves if they didn't, and sometimes just go get back at people they didn't like. Children were encouraged to rat out their parents for expressing opinions against the Nazi regime, and many did. Using pitiless torture and other brutal interrogation techniques, the Gestapo was able to wring information from almost everyone they put through the process. Few were able to remain silent to the end. Gestapo is an abbreviation of Geheime Stats Polizei - Secret State Police, and the terror of them was a main reason the Nazis were able to eliminate all active, vocal opposition within Germany, and maintain their grip on the country until complete military disaster toppled the regime.
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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.
