Important People
Duties
Power/Method
Dates and Numbers
Misc.
100
Adolf Eichmann
Which Gestapo commander oversaw the roundup and transportation of European Jews?
100
Yes
Did the duties of the SS and the Gestapo overlap?
100
D-11 form-“Order for Protective Custody” (If they didn’t sign this form they would be automatically killed)
What kind of form had to be signed by those taken into custody by the Gestapo?
100
In 1933 after Nazis seized power
When was the Gestapo founded?
100
Any brutal secret police organization may be figuratively known as what?
A 'Gestapo'
200
Dr. Werner Best
“As long as the ‘police’ carries out the will of the leadership, it is acting legally”. Who said this quote?
200
What were the basic duties of the Gestapo?
To punish people suspected of treason, and to deal with any person who could have posed as a ‘threat’ to Germany
200
The “Schutzhaft” power. The Gestapo were able to imprison people without judicial proceedings on the theory of ‘protective custody’. Simply stated, if someone were suspected of treason, the Gestapo could arrest and imprison this person without going through the court.
What was the power of the Gestapo that brought them to a completely different level than the other forms of police at that time?
200
Between 40 and 50 thousand people were involved from 1943 to 1945
How many people were a part of the Gestapo?
200
True
Membership of the Gestapo was voluntary. (True/False)
300
Heinrich Himmler
Who did Reichsmarschall Herman Goering appoint head of the Gestapo in 1934?
300
1) Opponents, sabotage, and protective services 2) Political churches, sects, and the Jewish people 3) Card files, protective custody, and matters of the Press and Party 4) Areas under higher German influence 5) Security/ Passport matters and alien police
What was one of the five sub-sections of the Gestapo headquarters?
300
By brutal interrogation and torture; this then instilled widespread fear because of their ‘terrorist’ methods
How did the Gestapo get in the information and punish their victims?
300
September 11, 1941 (Many said this was the beginning of the end of the Jewish Community in Germany)
When did the Gestapo ban the Jewish Culture League?
300
Yes
Did the duties of the SS and the Gestapo overlap?
400
What does Geheime Staalspolize mean?
It is German for Gestapo
500
To “re-establish the unity of the spirit and will” of the German people
What was the mission of German Government?
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