Gestapo

The Gestapo (German pronunciation: [ɡeˈstaːpo, ɡəˈʃtaːpo] ( listen); abbreviation o Geheime Staatspolizei, "Secret State Polis") wis the offeecial secret polis o Nazi Germany an German-occupied Europe.

Gestapo
Geheime Staatspolizei
The Gestapo wis admeenistered bi officers o the SS.

Plainclothes Gestapo agents during the White Buses operations in 1945.
Agency owerview
Formed26 Aprile 1933
Precedin agency
  • Proushie Secret Polis
    Foonded 1851.
Dissolved8 Mey 1945
TeepSecret Police
JurisdictionGermany Nazi Germany
Occupied Europe
HeidquartersPrinz-Albrecht-Straße, Berlin
52°30′26″N 13°22′57″E / 52.50722°N 13.38250°E / 52.50722; 13.38250
Employees32,000 c.1944[1]
Meenisters responsible
  • Hermann Göring 1933–1934, Meenister Preses o Proushie
  • Wilhelm Frick 1936–1943 (nominal authority), Interior Minister
  • Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Chef der Deutschen Polizei, 1936–1945; Interior Minister, 1943–1945
Agency executives
  • Rudolf Diels 1933–1934, Commander, Prussian Secret Police Office
  • SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, Director, Gestapo, 1934–1936; Director, SiPo, 1936–1939; Director, RSHA 1939–1942
  • SS-Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller, Chief o Operations, Gestapo, 1936–1939; Director, Gestapo (RSHA Amt IV), 1939–1945
Paurent agency Allgemeine SS
RSHA
Sicherheitspolizei

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