Gestapo

The Gestapo, abbreviation for Geheime Staatspolizei, was the secret police force, created by the Nazis, that “protected” Nazi Germany. The Gestapo originated in 1933 shortly after Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. Herman Göring was the creator of the police force. He created the force to eliminate anti-Nazi forces in germany. The purpose for the Gestapo was to hunt those who were considered a threat to Nazi Germany. They often went door to door interrogating innocent citizens of Germany. At…

The Gestapo Of America Kathryn Johnston was alone in her Atlanta, Georgia, home at the age of 92. It was night, and she was most likely preparing for bed. Suddenly her door was busted down without a word and armed men crowded her doorway. Naturally she attempted to defend herself and fired her pistol one time above the men’s heads. In rapid succession 39 bullets violated her house from the intruders’ high powered weapons. The old and frail woman was pronounced dead, riddled with six bullet holes…

belief, the Gestapo, Green Police, and SS struck fear into the hearts of German citizens and Jews during the World War II. To understand how the Gestapo spread fear throughout Europe, one must understand the beliefs and values of a newly-formed Gestapo Soldier. As the Daily Beast explains, “Ordinary policemen were transformed into ideological zealots, trained to root out communists, homosexuals, slaves, gypsies, the work shy… and persecute them without mercy.” The ordinary men, turned Gestapo,…

person(Jew) was allowed to go. The Jews also had to go to Ghettos and then concentration camps; Last they would die literally or see a death of a loved/close one and get killed on the inside. We see these horrific practices in the following texts: "The Gestapo is Born,""I'm telling the story," and various video testimonies. In these articles, the writers/authors inform us that the people who lived…

The Gestapo made the Jews more isolated than they were before. Many Jewish families went into hiding to flea from the Gestapo. The job of the Gestapo was to administer laws. If the Gestapo found a Jew they were most likely beaten and taken to a concentration camp. Mrs. VanDaan was always worrying about the Gestapo finding them. The Gestapo freightened the Franks and VanDaans, they were afraid of being caught as were all Jews. Concentration Camps is a place the Gestapo took the Jews. At…

Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan journalist, once said “The purpose of torture is not getting information. It is spreading fear.” The novel Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, follows the story of Julie as she is captured and tortured by the Gestapo for sets of code and other information. She is forced to write down all of her experiences and information she knows about the England War Effort. In Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein gives the reader insight on how terribly the prisoners are treated,…

elite association of men who ran the concentration camps. The SS was made of men who were able to kill people at point blank. By the times these men were done with training, they had lost all their morals of right and wrong. The next group was the Gestapo. This group was created to have a secret police force in Germany. The last group was the doctors of the holocaust. They were brought to the camps to do experiments on prisoners.…

to the side of the Nazis and against the Jews, as well as a German secret police, the Gestapo, which helped him rule with fear; Both of these led to a widespread acceptance of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. Hitler’s propaganda came in the form of bright red posters, huge slogans, anti-semitic books, distinctly biased film, and large scale rallies. Newspapers printed stories idealizing ‘pure, ethnic…

Nazi Gestapo atop of the rooftops of Rome. After escaping, Giorgio Manfredi meets a woman named Pina (Anna Magnani) who is the fiancé of another communist party member. Through Pina and her son, Giorgio Manfredi gets in contact with Don Pietro Pelligrini (Aldo Fabrizi). Don Pietro is also a part of the communist movement in Italy, and he delivers a message for Giorgio to fighters outside of the city. Marina Mari (Maria Michi) is a girlfriend of Giorgio, but decides to turn him in to the Gestapo…

1993. Hitler had power of the entire country. They gained power to change Germany politics and society. “Nazis were seen as the strongest group capable of preventing what others saw a threat of communism.” The secret police were called Gestapo. Gestapo were a…