Can someone please break it down really brief or into detail if you would like (I prefer) about what exactly was the Gestapo and their role during the war? I read a lot of things about them but basically it is too factual and I need to hear it from someone else's view and not so much with extreme wording and whatnot. I would like to hear it from a different perspective. Thank you very much for all replies.
2007-09-25 16:22:31 · 9 answers · asked by Destiny Jay 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
it's like the secret service for germany. it was formed in april 1933. they had the power to question, interrogate, and imprison people without government authority. it's like they ran everything they didn't need warrants and could send to jail whoever they wanted they thought was a suspect. they were like crooked cops. if there was a threat to their organization they handled it how they wanted with no authorization from any government official. unless it was hitler
2007-09-25 16:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by steven h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Geheime Staatspolizei (German for "secret state police"), commonly abbreviated as Gestapo, formed the official state secret police force of Nazi Germany.
The role of the Gestapo was to investigate and combat "all tendencies dangerous to the State." They had the authority to investigate treason, espionage and sabotage cases, and cases of criminal attacks on the Party and State. They were similar to the KGB and FBI/CIA in their operations, however, their mission was more sinister...for example, rounding up Jews in occupied countries and shipping them off to the death camps.
2007-09-26 01:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geheimins Staats Polizi.
Or State Secret Police. A repressive organization in Germany during nazism, similar to the KGB in Russia
2007-09-25 23:29:16 · answer #3 · answered by Ludd Zarko 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The role of the Gestapo was to investigate and combat “all tendencies dangerous to the state. It had the authority to investigate treason, espionage and sabotage cases, and cases of criminal attacks on the Nazi Party and Germany.
2007-09-25 23:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were a state police, law enforcement, branch of the SS.
2007-09-26 03:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's a definition for you:
Nazi secret police: the secret state police under the Nazi regime in Germany, noted for its brutality
2007-09-25 23:48:51 · answer #6 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
German special police. Hitlers secret police.
2007-09-25 23:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by Bern_CH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very nasty people who would shoot you in the head as to look at you!
2007-09-25 23:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by DagNaggit limpuladerfy II 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crime fighters
2007-09-25 23:40:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋