The Cruel and Feared Force of the Gestapo in Germany

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Gestapo was the most cruel and feared police force ever assembled. For many people just the thought of the Gestapo was enough to make them tremble. Gestapo was the German Nazi secret police, they were set to round up all the people that were seen unfit, Gestapo was known for their cruel tactics.
While the Nazis were in power there were many people that thought the things they were doing were bad. If the Nazis wanted to stay in power they needed a way to keep all the people that opposed their ideas from expressing them. When Gestapo started it was the SS (Special guard to Adolf Hitler). There were many power struggles as to wanted control of the Gestapo.. In the beginning of Adolf Hitlers rule he put Hermann Goering in charge of Prussia. With control of Prussia, Goering took control of the Prussia police force he then formed it into the beginnings of Gestapo. Goering put his right hand man in charge of Gestapo he hoped that with one of his own as the leader of Gestapo that he would be able to run the Unified Police Force of Germany. Heinrich Himmler was put in charge of the Unified Police in 1934 (“The Gestapo”). When Himmler was put in charge he thought that the right hand man to Goering was too soft. He then put his own guy in charge of Gestapo Heinrich Müller(“Holocaust Memorial Museum”). Müller was the main reason that Gestapo began to be feared. He was known for his being a very cruel man. The leader of the most ruthless police in the world had an abundance of power over the rest of the people. The thing that made Gestapo different than any other police force was their ability to act on their own laws. Gestapo effectively served as the judge and jury for most of the prisoners they dealt with. “Gestapo had the power to arres...

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...mp. The ways that Gestapo dealt with their prisoners were very brutal. Most all of the concentration camps did not have very good living conditions. The Gestapo purposely let this information out into the public to make sure that everyone stayed in line (“The Gestapo”)
Gestapo was the fear secret police of Germany the went out and rounded up all the people that were seen as unfit. They often did this with extremely cruel tactics.

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