The Nazi Secret State Police who were directly involved in implementing the murder of Jews and other Nazi victims during the Holocaust.

Nazi secret state police, 1934, from German Gestapo, contracted from "Geheime Staats-polizei," literally "secret state police," set up by Hermann Göring in Prussia in 1933, extende [..]

Geheime Staatspolizei, the official Nazi secret police. A branch of the SS, the Gestapo was responsible for uncovering and investigating acts of sabotage, spying, or treason without any judicial overs [..]

Contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police of the Third Reich who used brutal physical and psychological torture to create immense fear in the population and to seek out enemies of the [..]

The internal security police of Nazi Germany. Canadian War Museum

Abbreviation for Geheime Staats Polizei, the Nazis’ secret police.

Contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: "Secret State Police." The German internal security police (secret police) under the Nazis, headed by SS chief Heinrich Himmler. Organized in 1933 to pr [..]

The Gestapo ( Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel (SS), it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) (“head office of the reich security service”) and was considered a dual organization of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (“secur [..]

noun Definition: a secret-police organization Word History: from the name of German secret police under Nazi ruleExample Sentence: The gestapo found out and rounded up the suspects.

GESTAPO (Geheime Staatspolizei) was the German state secret police during the Nazi regime. The GESTAPO was the political police force of the Reich. Much of its personnel consisted of transferees from [..]

, the German internal security police - secret police. The Gestapo was organized in 1933 to protect the regime from political opposition. Under Himmler's command after 1936.

(n) the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

Geheime Staatspolizei - the German Secret State Police