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The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany and operated throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It matters historically because it was the official instrument of state repression and control under the Nazi regime, making it central to understanding how the Nazi government enforced its authority and carried out its policies.
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Key facts
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- Gestapo
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- 200px
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- Gestapo headquarters at Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8 in Berlin (1933)
- Law enforcement agency.preceding1
- Prussian Secret Police (founded 1851)
- Law enforcement agency.employees
- 32,000 (1944 )
- Law enforcement agency.legaljuris
- Germany and occupied Europe
- Law enforcement agency.secret
- yes
- Law enforcement agency.speciality1
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- Law enforcement agency.headquarters
- Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8, Berlin
- Law enforcement agency.electeetype
- Minister
- Law enforcement agency.minister1name
- Hermann Göring 1933–1934
- Law enforcement agency.minister1pfo
- Minister President of Prussia
- Law enforcement agency.minister2name
- Wilhelm Frick 1936–1943
- Law enforcement agency.minister2pfo
- Interior Minister
- Law enforcement agency.minister3name
- Heinrich Himmler
- Law enforcement agency.minister3pfo
- Chief of the German Police, 1936–1945; Interior Minister, 1943–1945
- Law enforcement agency.chief1name
- Rudolf Diels (1933–1934)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political police
- Official name
- Geheime Staatspolizei
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Founded by
- Hermann Göring
- Headquarters
- Prinz-Albrecht-Palais
- Parent organization
- Reich Main Security Office
- Chairperson
- Heinrich Müller
- Follows
- Prussian Secret Police
- Image
- Gestapomen following the white buses.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gestapo
- topic's main category
- Category:Gestapo
- applies to jurisdiction
- Nazi Germany
- inception
- 1933-04-26
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-10-10
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- replaces
- Prussian Secret Police
- different from
- Geheime Feldpolizei
- native label
- Gestapo
- P8168
- Georg Sauerwein
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