SECTION 1: Beginnings
The Geheime Staats Polizei, better known as the Gestapo, can be traced back to 1933. Hermann Goring, the Prussian minister, placed many Nazis in police positions, and used them as his personal command. Hermann gave them new power, especially with the Nazi's rising fame. Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, also became the leader of the Gestapo. Himmler united the two organizations, making them work hand in hand. With Hitler's direct support, the Gestapo shadowed, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and executed enemies of the Nazi regime. They had a role in the Kristallnacht.
SECTION 2: Event
The head of the Jewish department, was Karl Haselbacher, a lawyer who supported the first anti-Jew laws. He had the Gestapo force Jews to emigrate, and investigate Germany for people hiding them. Most of the Jews were sent to concetration or extermination camps. They covered up countless murders in the camps untill World War 2 began. The Gestapo's power and reach was endless, they could act without trial or permission of the court. They could also make "prenventative" arrests, so anybody whom might oppose the Nazi party may be arrested, tortured, interrogated, or even killed. Because of this, the Gestapo has earned their mark on history as being merciless, ruthless killers.
Adolf Eichmann organized deprtation of millions of Jews to camps in Poland. They supervised the "death" trains and where they went. Later in 1941, a decision was made to kill a the Jewish people in gas chambers, and the Gestapo was to supervise the dispatch of Jews to extermination camps like Auschwitz. They had the power to choose their victims, so the Gestapo could pick and choose which people would and wouldn't die in the chambers.
The Gestapo was later used to stamp out the Jewish Resistance in Western Europe, and the name Gestapo soon became another word for terror and death. With their unconventional tactics, they would starve, assassinate, loot, and kidnap their enemies. The Gestapo combined with the SS and SA were an unstoppable force. The Jewish Resistance contained mostly untrained men and women, however the Gestapo went through rigorous training, becoming the worlds most elite force at the time.
Men in the Gestapo also became part of the Einsatzgruppen, mobile killing units. During the invasion on Russia in 1941, they would follow behind the army and hunt down Jews to exterminate them. Nobody could hide from the Gestapo forever, their quick and mobile units with the ability to strike hard anywhere anytime, gave them an edge to stamp out the Resistance, and Jews that are in hiding.
SECTION 3: Results
After World War 2, not very many men in high positions of the Gestapo were put to trial or ever captured. Their leaders may still be out in the world hiding because they're afraid of what the punishment for their crimes may be.
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SECTION 1: Beginnings
The Geheime Staats Polizei, better known as the Gestapo, can be traced back to 1933. Hermann Goring, the Prussian minister, placed many Nazis in police positions, and used them as his personal command. Hermann gave them new power, especially with the Nazi's rising fame. Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, also became the leader of the Gestapo. Himmler united the two organizations, making them work hand in hand. With Hitler's direct support, the Gestapo shadowed, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and executed enemies of the Nazi regime. They had a role in the Kristallnacht.
SECTION 2: Event
The head of the Jewish department, was Karl Haselbacher, a lawyer who supported the first anti-Jew laws. He had the Gestapo force Jews to emigrate, and investigate Germany for people hiding them. Most of the Jews were sent to concetration or extermination camps. They covered up countless murders in the camps untill World War 2 began. The Gestapo's power and reach was endless, they could act without trial or permission of the court. They could also make "prenventative" arrests, so anybody whom might oppose the Nazi party may be arrested, tortured, interrogated, or even killed. Because of this, the Gestapo has earned their mark on history as being merciless, ruthless killers.
Adolf Eichmann organized deprtation of millions of Jews to camps in Poland. They supervised the "death" trains and where they went. Later in 1941, a decision was made to kill a the Jewish people in gas chambers, and the Gestapo was to supervise the dispatch of Jews to extermination camps like Auschwitz. They had the power to choose their victims, so the Gestapo could pick and choose which people would and wouldn't die in the chambers.
The Gestapo was later used to stamp out the Jewish Resistance in Western Europe, and the name Gestapo soon became another word for terror and death. With their unconventional tactics, they would starve, assassinate, loot, and kidnap their enemies. The Gestapo combined with the SS and SA were an unstoppable force. The Jewish Resistance contained mostly untrained men and women, however the Gestapo went through rigorous training, becoming the worlds most elite force at the time.
Men in the Gestapo also became part of the Einsatzgruppen, mobile killing units. During the invasion on Russia in 1941, they would follow behind the army and hunt down Jews to exterminate them. Nobody could hide from the Gestapo forever, their quick and mobile units with the ability to strike hard anywhere anytime, gave them an edge to stamp out the Resistance, and Jews that are in hiding.
SECTION 3: Results
After World War 2, not very many men in high positions of the Gestapo were put to trial or ever captured. Their leaders may still be out in the world hiding because they're afraid of what the punishment for their crimes may be.