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Use for discussions of the German secret police, using the word "Gestapo". (en-US)

Definizione

Abbreviation for Geheime Staatspolizei (German: Secret State Police) Prussian and later German state secret police force, which terrorized, imprisoned, and murdered individuals and groups considered opponents of the Nazi regime from 1933-1945. The Gestapo was also responsible for carrying out many of the Nazi regime's anti-Jewish measures and played a major role in the implementation of the "Final Solution." (en-US)

Fonte

Zentner, Christian and Friedemann Bedürftig, eds. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. English translation edited by Amy Hackett. New York: Macmillan ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan, 1991. 2 volumes. Vol. 1, p. 864

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