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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo

Photo: Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring at the meeting to formally hand over control of the Gestapo (Berlin, 1934)


The Geheime Staatspolizei ([ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] , lit. ''Secret State Police''), abbreviated Gestapo ([ɡəˈstaːpo] ),[3] was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Breaks community rule #1

-- signed, Reichskriminaldirektor (see article for detail)