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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 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.
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|Waffen-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==