Gestapo

Example Sentences

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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

“To say the men and women of ICE are Gestapo is wrong,” Lyons said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Mabel Wulff from Newport lived in Nazi Germany - surviving years of Gestapo harassment and bravely fighting fires caused by falling bombs.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Furthermore, the saboteurs were part of the Abwehr, which was also separate from the Gestapo.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple