Gestapo

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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

Reckzeh had been set up as a spy and agent provocateur by the Gestapo: Thadden had been fooled by his elaborately constructed cover story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Fraenkel chose to continue representing clients in the Berlin courts from the beginning of 1933 up until 1938, when he had to flee because he was targeted by the Gestapo.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

Once war broke out, an Anglican church with a British caretaker attracted numerous visits from the Gestapo.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Because Ollie, Olivier, Laurence Olivier, when Bas was feeling silly, is now wearing the gray Gestapo uniform of Elsbeth’s husband’s.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse