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The Nazis used this police/security force to quiet all opposition from 1933 to 1945.<ref>Hoffman (1977) pp. 28–32</ref><ref>McNab (2009) pp. 160, 161</ref> Pursuant to German law passed in 1936, the Gestapo was given the power to arrest, interrogate and imprison people without any judicial review by the courts. German people were terrified of the Gestapo, as they were brutal, often arresting people in the middle of the night, and condemning them without giving them a chance to speak in their own defense. Further, the Gestapo relied on informants and people willing to denounce one another to their agents. The Nazis placed Gestapo agents around Europe in countries occupied by Germany to spread Nazi control and search out opponents.<ref>McNab (2009) pp. 160-163</ref> Gestapo agents were also used to spy on people, including government officials, and military officers. The Gestapo collected histories of people, so when the Nazis invaded that country they would know who would oppose them.
The Nazis used this police/security force to quiet all opposition from 1933 to 1945.<ref>Hoffman (1977) pp. 28–32</ref><ref>McNab (2009) pp. 160, 161</ref> Pursuant to German law passed in 1936, the Gestapo was given the power to arrest, interrogate and imprison people without any judicial review by the courts. German people were terrified of the Gestapo, as they were brutal, often arresting people in the middle of the night, and condemning them without giving them a chance to speak in their own defense. Further, the Gestapo relied on informants and people willing to denounce one another to their agents. The Nazis placed Gestapo agents around Europe in countries occupied by Germany to spread Nazi control and search out opponents.<ref>McNab (2009) pp. 160-163</ref> Gestapo agents were also used to spy on people, including government officials, and military officers. The Gestapo collected histories of people, so when the Nazis invaded that country they would know who would oppose them.
==In popular culture==
The Gestapo have been presented in varying degrees as antagonists in a number of movies, television shows and written fiction works set during [[World War II]].
The best-remembered fictional depiction of the Gestapo today appears in the 1960s WWII-era sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', where they appear as recurring antagonists, with ill-tempered Gestapo interrogator Major Wolfgang Hochstetter appearing most often. On ''Hogan's Heroes'', the show's writers took liberties in their depictions of the Gestapo by combining elements of the Gestapo and the [[SS]] to create their version of the Gestapo, which is depicted as both the Nazi regime's secret police and a paramilitary unit, with both plainclothes agents and uniformed officers and soldiers among the Gestapo's ranks. As with the depictions of other Nazis on the show (including regular characters Col. Wilhelm Klink and Sgt. Hans Schultz), the Gestapo were intended (with the exception of Major Hochstetter) to be depicted as bumblers or fools.
==See also==
==See also==