apr 26, 1933 - Gestapo founded
Description:
-secret police - police state-worked with informers (civilians) - "culture of denunciation"
-idea of "omnipresent" (monolithic + all-seeing) surveillance common to 20th century single-party states
-very little opposition under regime due to atmosphere of fear created
-later came under SS control (Himmler), then all police forces combined under RHSA (Reich Central Security Office) in 1939
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 26, 1933
Now
~ 92 years ago