Germany was once a totalitarian state, displaying the dominant characteristic of the Nazi regime by using terror and violence against its own community. In order to maintain control and suppress any opposing resistance, Hitler set up a security system which would ensure the security of his position and enforce Nazi ideas and policies in the German people. The two organisations established to be responsible for this task were the SS and the Gestapo.
The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei) or Secret State Police, was set up by Hermann Goering in 1933. It was connected to the SS, which was a military corps set up in 1925 and came under the management of Himmler’s superior; Reynhard Heydrich, one