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Gestapo

[guh-stah-poh, guh-shtah-poh] / gəˈstɑ poʊ, gəˈʃtɑ poʊ /
NOUN
SWAT team
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One acidly suggested calling it “Truman’s Gestapo Airlift.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

Reckzeh had been set up as a spy and agent provocateur by the Gestapo: Thadden had been fooled by his elaborately constructed cover story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

He confirmed that Burger had been in the hands of the Gestapo.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple


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