The Influence Of Gestapo's Effect On Terror

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Gestapo- A group of undercover nazi police, organized in 1933 during the World War II. Any brutal can be considered a Gestapo. Gestapo’s orders were to make sure everyone did what they had to or else consequences come towards them. The Gestapo’s were controlled by Heinrich Himmler. The Gestapo’s wouldn’t say nothing towards or against Hitler because they wanted no harm done to them. The Gestapo’s respect their orders and Hitler himself. In Germany, after the elections, the police could arrest any suspicious people they thought were gonna do something wrong. This power was given to the police force and it was a very large amount of power. Once those people got arrested, they had 3 minutes to get their clothes and say goodbye. They got taken to the nearest …show more content…

The Nazis would make them work and if they didn’t, they would be beat or killed. During the holocaust, many jews died each day cause by either getting beaten, illness or an unhealthy body or in bad condition. The Gestapo’s made jews sing songs while they work to entertain them. They also made them march in order to their stations. If someone messes up, they are beaten. In Auschwitz, there was about 1,100,000 deaths in the camp. In Buna, there was a maximum of 40,000 prisoners dead. In all of the jews, 6 million were dead after WWII. World War II was a very depressing moment due to so many jews death. Many kids lost their parents and many parents lost their kids. Most of the kills of jews were caused by soldiers and Gestapo’s. Gestapo’s had orders to follow and they did them with no hesitation in them. The Gestapo's were part of the final solution. The final solution was the Nazis last move against the jews which killed over 6 million jews between 1941 and 1945. The jews were killed off one by one either in rows, gas chambers or illness. The Nazis decided to do the final solution because they wanted to kill off all the jews to finish what Hitler wished

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