Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
The SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
The Gestapo was a secret police that showed their strength with the use of terror. Hitler and the Nazi party used this secret police to hunt down Jews, gypsies, etc. Once they found them, they would be sent to the concentration camps.
SS, Stormtropper, Informers, Gestapo etc
Hitler's personal guard regiment was the Waffen SS. Which was an elite subdivision of the German SS forces.
The Gestapo killed about 6 million Jews including gypsies, homosexuals, russians ---------------------------------------------------- The Gestapo were part of the police, the people that they killed had nothing to do with the Holocaust. They killed some under tourtue and executed some, most likely the figure is in the thousands. The 6 million Jews and the others were killed mainly by the SS, and also by the army.
Schutzstaffel- roughly protective staff or units. The Waffen-SS was in effect the fourth branch of the German armed forces, alongside the Army ( Heer), Navy ( Kriegsmarine) and Luftwaffe ( Air Force) the Nazis did not have a Marine corps or specific amphibious assault troops, by the way.AnswerThere was no such term as 'SS-Gestapo'. The Gestapo was one of the Nazi's secret police organisations which, like all German police organisations, came under the control of the SS. Membership of the Gestapo did not necessarily mean membership of the SS.
the Gestapo arrested them and the SS imprisoned them
The Gestapo was actually a branch of the SS. The were known as the Nazi secret police.
the Gestapo was the party police force and the SS were the party para-military (army) force.
Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
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The Nazis- specifically surviving members of the High command of the Army ( Heer) Luftwaffe ( AF)- such as Goering), SS and related organizations such as the Gestapo ( part of SS) , Hitler Youth ( youth cadre but not specifically a part of the SS) , all, wer tried and convicted. Most were executed and the others were sent to prison.
The SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
Head of the SS and GESTAPO
The SS and the gestapo
No it was the Gestapo or Schutzstaffel (SS)