This gave Göring command of the largest police force in Germany. 7 Operations in Nazi-occupied territoriesĪfter Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, Hermann Göring-future commander of the Luftwaffe and the number two man in the Nazi Party-was named Interior Minister of Prussia.6 Population ratios, methods and effectiveness.4.1 Female Criminal Investigation Career.3.5 General opposition and military conspiracy.3 Suppression of resistance and persecution.After the war ended, the Gestapo was declared a criminal organisation by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at the Nuremberg trials. During World War II, the Gestapo played a key role in the Holocaust. It became known as Amt (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the Sicherheitsdienst (SD Security Service). From 27 September 1939, it was administered by the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). Instead of being exclusively a Prussian state agency, the Gestapo became a national one as a sub-office of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo Security Police). On 20 April 1934, oversight of the Gestapo passed to the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, who was also appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler in 1936. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. Secret State Police), abbreviated Gestapo ( German: / ɡ ə ˈ s t ɑː p oʊ/), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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