Gestapo: References & Edit History
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Overviews of the Gestapo and the rise of the Nazi police apparatus include Robert Gellately, The Gestapo and German Society (1990); and Edward B. Westermann, Hitler’s Police Battalions (2005).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Central Intelligence Agency - The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police (PDF). | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Article restructured. | Jan 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yad Vashem - Gestapo (PDF). | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Gestapo. | Mar 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenSIUC - Is the Gestapo Everywhere? The Origins of the Modern Perception of the Secret Police of the Third Reich. | Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police (PDF). | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yad Vashem - Gestapo. | Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - The Gestapo: Control Through Fear. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 03, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - The Gestapo. | Oct 03, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Gestapo. | Apr 03, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Expanded treatment of the relationship between the Gestapo and the Ordnungspolizei. | Jun 26, 2014 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jun 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Gestapo. | Feb 15, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 21, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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