Introduction The Gestapo, short for Geheime Staatspolizei, German for Secrete State Police, was formally organized after the Nazi's seized power in 1933, and was the secrete police force of Nazi Germany. ... Punishment was often orchestrated through means of brutality and interrogation, and was often used to acquire confessions. ... The Gestapo was originally made up of police officers who had been dismissed for brutality and army officers who had been dismissed for gross misconduct. ... In March 1933 Himmler was appointed Munich Police President and shortly afterwards he became Commande...

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I felt that the author had based this book on the testimonies of the men of Reserve Police battalion 101, which was a unit of the German Order Police. The book, I thought, provided me a graphic portrayal of Police Battalion 101's involvement in the Holocaust. ... A picture is painted very vividly of the brutality these men inflicted upon the Polish Jews. ... I felt a little disappointed by the fact that very little was discussed about the interaction between members of Reserve Police Battalion 101. I also discovered that in the beginning part of the book there seems to be too much de...

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Germany became a police state since they had absolute and arbitrary authority over citizens. ... These camps were institutes of death, the occupants of the camps were either subjected to various forms of torture, starvation, brutality, and "medical research" which was freezing, sterilizing, and other horrendous acts. ...

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In such a state common good is placed over individual good, opponents are ruthlessly prosecuted and the armies as well as the police forces serve as political weapons. The Nazi regime in Germany was a totalitarian one, because its government leaders showed no mercy toward potential opponents as this speech from Herman Goring displays: " Police officers who use weapons in carrying out their duties will be covered by me. ... Every bullet, which leaves the barrel of a police pistol, now is my bullet. ... I Knew Hitler) After gaining power on 30th January 1933, the Nazi regime set up an au...

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When I was first given this assignment, I would have to say that I have never been more uninterested in doing homework in my life. I?ve never been interested in history of any kind, which would explain my failures to participate in class and so when I first stepped into the Museum of Tolerance I did...

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When I was first given this assignment, I would have to say that I have never been more uninterested in doing homework in my life. I've never been interested in history of any kind, which would explain my failures to participate in class and so when I first stepped into the Museum of Tolerance I did...

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