Gestapo
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The author describes how in June 1940 the Nazis requisitioned the hotel to be the home of the Abwehr, the more civilized part of the intelligence services, at least compared with the Gestapo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
The Soviets handed her over to the Gestapo at the beginning of World War II, and she describes coming to the Nazi camp system and being issued clothes and utensils to eat with.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
Cabaret performer Werner Finck opened a club in 1929 and dared Gestapo members in the audience to write down his every word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
Indeed, many were well educated and came from a variety of ordinary backgrounds: the Gestapo, the police force, government positions, or professions such as law and banking.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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