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Gestapo

Gestapo

Government agency
The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one... Wikipedia
Founded: April 26, 1933, Nazi Germany
Ceased operations: May 8, 1945
Agency executives: Rudolf Diels (1933–1934); Reinhard Heydrich (1934–1939); Heinrich Müller (1939–1945)
Dissolved: 8 May 1945; 78 years ago
Employees: 32,000 (1944 est.)
Formed: 26 April 1933; 90 years ago
Jurisdiction: Germany and Occupied Europe