The Gestapo was organized in 1933 when the Nazi’s consumed control over the German State. It was issued to reinforce Nazi political ideologies and to weed out anyone who did not abide by them. The ideas in place were aimed at the Jewish community and extreme tactics were used to gain control over them. The Gestapo were known for using terror which made the German society live in fear of being denounced.
The article The Gestapo and German Society: Political Denunciation in the Gestapo Case Files examines the “secrete state police” from 1933 to approximately 1943. There are many historical questions analysed in this article that overlap into a larger issue. A common fear among citizens was that the Gestapo were everywhere, they could go nowhere and do nothing without fear of the “enemy.” Contrary to many popular German beliefs, the Gestapo could not be everywhere and was not everywhere. The number of Gestapo officials were fairly small compared to the amount of the overall jurisdiction. It would have been virtually impossible to implement Nazi policies in an area of more than 4 million inhabitants, which was already known for their support of the opp
The underlying question is whether the Gestapo would have been as effective in enforcing the anti-Semitic policies without the help of the general public. As mentioned previously, the Gestapo were greatly outnumbered by the public. The Nazi idea’s could not have been enforced as widely without the help of the citizen’s. The examination of the figures in Table 1 shows that the majority 26% of denunciations were submitted by the general population. Moreover, the other sources of denunciations could very well have been set off by citizens. The 26% was direct accusations to the Gestapo, citizens also gave information to other organizations who then went to the Gestapo. Because of the public response, the Gestapo became efficient by reason of rumours and fears. Citizen’s were afraid because there were people everywhere who could have a reason to denounce them. For example, false reports were a main way to cause the accused unpleasantness. The power to denounce another offered the “humbly stationed in life” an “equal opportunity for laying information” against there superiors. Most false accusations were caused out of spite. In some instances cit
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