Gestapo - Hitler's Secret Police

Oct 21, 2023 | Hermann Goering’s Secret State Police were ordered to arrest, and torture supposed enemies of the Reich to get confessions from them. All the powers of the German judiciary were taken into its hands and the courts were rendered superfluous. This is a compelling account of one of the true horror stories of the century. Licenced through Mercury Studios

Nb: For English speakers who are unfamiliar with the intricacies of the German language, it might be of interest to you to learn that the word Gestapo is a portmanteau word combining these German words: Geheime Staatspolizei, meaning ‘secret state police’. ‘Geheim’ is German for secret. ‘Staatspolizei’ means ‘state polce’. So, by taking the first letters of those three words—‘Staatspolizei’ is one word made up from two—we get the word Ge Sta Po = Gestapo. – Mark Alexander