Herman Goring became in control of the Prussian Police in 1933. He organized them to his liking and then renamed them the Gestapo.  He did this on April 26, 1933. The German spelling for the word is “genheinre staats Polizei”.

The Gestapo where professional agents. This is different from the SS and SA. The SS and SA where just an organization loosely assembled. The Gestapo Where trained in the arts of torturing to get the truth out of people. This was one of the many gruesome the things the where thought in training. Prior to Word War II they use brutal methods to investigate and suppress resistance to the Nazi rule.

The Gestapo Where use to spy on people at all times. The Germans learned to keep there mouths shut when they even When they slightly suspected that there was any Gestapo. Then if they where caught or even suspected of betraying the Nazi government they would be arrested, reeducated, or just simply disappear from the society. That is why people fear and revered the Gestapo not only the Jews where scared of them. They where used to round up the undesirable people in all the communities. The Gestapo kept track of every person with block wardens. Even Regular police where subject to the questioning of the Gestapo.

The Gestapo where consolidated with SD in the spring of 1934. The consolidation of the Gestapo and the SD was the first step toward compete consolidation of the police. Two years after that the Gestapo And the Kiminapolizie merged.

During WWII The Einsalzguppen emerged from the Gestapo. This became an important organization inside of the Gestapo and the Gestapo depended on it highly.

The Gestapo worked right behind the German army. They cleaned up the trouble and the chaos that the Army left in their path.

When this was happing the Gestapo in 1943 was subdivided into six more divisions. Those divisions where lettered from A-f. Section a chiefly dealt with the Jews and was the only section the chiefly do so. Section B dealt with political affairs, church sects, and a little with Jewish affairs. Section C dealt with card files, protective custody and matters of the press and party. Section D dealt with the regions under German influence. Section E dealt with security. Section F was used to confirm reports and deal with other police.