Sky Pape Fine Art Drawing

07-07-06
The Holocaust Tower, Jewish Museum, Berlin
photograph

A bit of text from the "Topography of Terror" exhibit, at the site of what used to be SS and Gestapo Headquarters.

" ...[the Gestapo] was the most important state executive organ of the Nazis for opression and murder. It was responsible for combating political opponents. To this end it made use of so-called "protective custody", which allowed it to arrest suspects without a judge's warrant and commit them to concentration camps...Aside from fighting political opponents, the Gestapo also participated with the SS in oppressing the population of the occupied territories and murdering Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and other "unpopular" groups within the population."

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