this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
126 points (98.5% liked)

Wikipedia

3419 readers
88 users here now

A place to share interesting articles from Wikipedia.

Rules:

Recommended:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Anytime I see them pictured at the height of their power, it always feels worthwhile to flash forward to the end of their personal journey:

photograph of Himmler's dead body at age 44

Himmler dead by suicide at age 44

photograph of Goering's dead body at age 55

Goering dead by legal execution at age 55

They may seem invincible when they are in power, but they aren't invincible, and they aren't making good life choices, even for themselves.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Live by the mob of people whose might makes right and no one will stand against us or we'll fucking kill them, die a couple of years later hanging upside-down in a public square with people spitting on you. It's a pretty consistent rule. You would think they would notice the pattern after a while.