Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political... Wikipedia

• Formed:  April 26, 1933
• Preceding agency:  Prussian Secret Police (founded 1851)
• Dissolved:  May 08, 1945
• Employees:  32,000 (1944 est.)
• Legal personality:  Governmental
• Legal jurisdiction:  Occupied Europe
• General nature:  Law enforcement, Civilian agency, Secret police
• Headquarters:  Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8, Berlin
• Ministers responsible:  Hermann Göring 1933–1934, Minister President of Prussia, Wilhelm Frick 1936–1943, Interior Minister, Heinrich Himmler, Chief of the German Police, 1936–1945, Interior Minister, 1943–1945
• Agency executives:  Rudolf Diels (1933–1934), Reinhard Heydrich (1934–1939), Heinrich Müller (1939–1945)
• Parent agency:  Allgemeine SS, Reich Security Main Office, Sicherheitspolizei
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo