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The '''''Geheime Staatspolizei''''' (Secret State Police), abbreviated '''Gestapo''', was the official [[secret police]] of [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] and German-occupied Europe.

The force was created by [[Hermann Göring]] in 1933 by combining the various security police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it passed to the administration of ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) national leader [[Heinrich Himmler]], who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler. The Gestapo at this time became a national rather than a Prussian state agency as a suboffice of the ''Sicherheitspolizei'' (SiPo; Security Police). Then, from 27 September 1939 forward, it was administered by the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA; [[Reich Main Security Office]]). It became known as Amt (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service). During [[World War II]], the Gestapo played a key role in the [[The Holocaust|Nazi plan]] to [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jews of Europe.

The force was created by [[Hermann Göring]] in 1933 by combining the various security police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it passed to the administration of ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) national leader [[Heinrich Himmler]], who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler. The Gestapo at this time became a national rather than a Prussian state agency as a suboffice of the ''[[Sicherheitspolizei]]'' (SiPo; Security Police). Then, from 27 September 1939 forward, it was administered by the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA; [[Reich Main Security Office]]). It became known as Amt (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service). During [[World War II]], the Gestapo played a key role in the [[The Holocaust|Nazi plan]] to [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jews of Europe.

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 The '''''Geheime Staatspolizei''''' (Secret State Police), abbreviated '''Gestapo''', was the official [[secret police]] of [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] and German-occupied Europe.
-The force was created by [[Hermann Göring]] in 1933 by combining the various security police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it passed to the administration of ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) national leader [[Heinrich Himmler]], who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler. The Gestapo at this time became a national rather than a Prussian state agency as a suboffice of the ''Sicherheitspolizei'' (SiPo; Security Police). Then, from 27 September 1939 forward, it was administered by the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA; [[Reich Main Security Office]]). It became known as Amt (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service). During [[World War II]], the Gestapo played a key role in the [[The Holocaust|Nazi plan]] to [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jews of Europe.
+The force was created by [[Hermann Göring]] in 1933 by combining the various security police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it passed to the administration of ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) national leader [[Heinrich Himmler]], who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler. The Gestapo at this time became a national rather than a Prussian state agency as a suboffice of the ''[[Sicherheitspolizei]]'' (SiPo; Security Police). Then, from 27 September 1939 forward, it was administered by the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA; [[Reich Main Security Office]]). It became known as Amt (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service). During [[World War II]], the Gestapo played a key role in the [[The Holocaust|Nazi plan]] to [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jews of Europe.
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