Gestapo

Example Sentences

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Does anyone think it would have been a good idea to keep an allegedly “reformed” Gestapo in place as a postwar law enforcement agency?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

“To say the men and women of ICE are Gestapo is wrong,” Lyons said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Fraenkel chose to continue representing clients in the Berlin courts from the beginning of 1933 up until 1938, when he had to flee because he was targeted by the Gestapo.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

Mabel Wulff also let families, displaced by the bombings, shelter in the church - again drawing the attention of the Gestapo.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Bert knew at once that the men were Gestapo.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti