Gestapo headquarters, Berlin

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government building secret police headquarters site of Nazi persecution

Gestapo headquarters, Berlin was the central office of Nazi Germany’s secret state police, notorious as a key site of political repression, surveillance, and torture during the Third Reich.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gestapo headquarters	1
Gestapo headquarters in Berlin	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ secret police headquarters ⓘ site of Nazi persecution ⓘ
associatedWith	Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller ⓘ HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
category	Nazi architecture in Berlin ⓘ political repression in Nazi Germany ⓘ sites of Nazi crimes in Germany ⓘ
condition	destroyed ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
demolished	after 1945 ⓘ
hasPart	administrative offices ⓘ former prison cells (basement) ⓘ interrogation rooms ⓘ
heritageStatus	site of memory ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of Nazi state terror in Berlin ⓘ
inception	1933 ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ Germany ⓘ Prinz-Albrecht-Straße area ⓘ
locatedNear	Reich Main Security Office ⓘ surface form: former Reich Security Main Office buildings former SS headquarters ⓘ
notableFor	central role in Nazi terror system ⓘ widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
operatedBy	Gestapo ⓘ Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
partOf	Reich Main Security Office ⓘ surface form: Nazi security apparatus Reich Security Main Office complex ⓘ
presentUse	documentation center ⓘ memorial site ⓘ
replacedBy	Stiftung Topographie des Terrors ⓘ surface form: Topography of Terror documentation center (on the site)
significantEvent	expansion after creation of Reich Main Security Office in 1939 ⓘ
streetAddress	Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8 ⓘ
subjectOf	historical research on Nazi repression ⓘ memorial exhibitions about Gestapo crimes ⓘ
timePeriod	Third Reich ⓘ
usedFor	coordination of persecution of Jews ⓘ coordination of persecution of other targeted groups ⓘ detention of political prisoners ⓘ interrogation ⓘ political repression ⓘ surveillance ⓘ torture ⓘ
victimOf	Allied bombing in World War II ⓘ

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Reich Security Main Office complex → associatedWith → Gestapo headquarters, Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gestapo headquarters in Berlin

Gestapo → associatedWithBuilding → Gestapo headquarters, Berlin ⓘ

Prinz-Albrecht-Straße area → housedInstitution → Gestapo headquarters, Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gestapo headquarters