Gestapo

official secret police of Nazi Germany
Organization secret_police Q43250
Gestapo
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Gestapo

Summary

Gestapo is a secret police[1]. Gestapo ranks in the top 7% of secret_police entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gestapo is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • Gestapo's image is recorded as Gestapomen following the white buses.jpg[4].
  • Gestapo's instance of is recorded as secret police[5].
  • Gestapo's instance of is recorded as political police[6].
  • Gestapo's founder is recorded as Hermann Göring[7].
  • Gestapo's follows is recorded as Prussian Secret Police[8].
  • Gestapo's headquarters location is recorded as Prinz-Albrecht-Palais[9].
  • Gestapo's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123147150[10].
  • Gestapo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134799226[11].
  • Gestapo's GND ID is recorded as 2029665-4[12].
  • Gestapo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79043331[13].
  • Gestapo's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11885210d[14].
  • Gestapo's IdRef ID is recorded as 027496120[15].
  • Gestapo's child organization or unit is recorded as Q133575633[16].
  • Gestapo's Commons category is recorded as Gestapo[17].
  • Gestapo's chairperson is recorded as Rudolf Diels[18].
  • Gestapo's chairperson is recorded as Reinhard Heydrich[19].
  • Gestapo's chairperson is recorded as Heinrich Müller[20].
  • Gestapo's has part is recorded as Q133575633[21].
  • +1933-04-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gestapo[22].
  • Gestapo was dissolved in +1945-05-08T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Gestapo was dissolved in +1945-10-10T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Gestapo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.507222, 'lon': 13.3825}[25].
  • Gestapo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cqs[26].
  • Gestapo's parent organization or unit is recorded as Reich Main Security Office[27].

Body

Founding

Gestapo's founder is recorded as Hermann Göring[7]. +1933-04-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gestapo[22].

Identity

Gestapo's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Geheime Staatspolizei'}[28]. Gestapo's follows is recorded as Prussian Secret Police[8].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Rudolf Diels[18], a civil servant[29], 1900–1957[30], of Germany[31]; Reinhard Heydrich[19], a politician[32], 1904–1942[33], of German Reich[34], awarded the German Order[35]; and Heinrich Müller[20], a police officer[36], 1900–1945[37], of Germany[38], awarded the Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918[39].

Operations

Gestapo's headquarters location is recorded as Prinz-Albrecht-Palais[9]. Gestapo's parent organization or unit is recorded as Reich Main Security Office[27]. Gestapo's child organization or unit is recorded as Q133575633[16].

Dissolution

Dissolution dates include +1945-05-08T00:00:00Z[23] and +1945-10-10T00:00:00Z[24].

Why It Matters

Gestapo ranks in the top 7% of secret_police entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,241 views/month).[2] Gestapo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Gestapo is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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