![Police search a messenger employed by the Social Democratic newspaper Vorwaerts. [LCID: 45001]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/757683c9-b896-4816-8686-c15f9f70db65.jpeg "Police search a messenger employed by the Social Democratic newspaper Vorwaerts. [LCID: 45001]")
Police search a messenger at the entrance to the building where Vorwaerts, a Social-Democratic Party newspaper, was published. The building was subsequently occupied during the suppression of the political left wing in Germany that was carried out in response to the Reichstag Fire. Berlin, Germany, March 3–4, 1933.
Item View![A notice reads "Business closed by the police due to profiteering. [LCID: 10754]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/392c7b8c-cf26-4b3d-9888-ad0333a99c91.jpeg "A notice reads \"Business closed by the police due to profiteering. [LCID: 10754]")
A notice reads "Business closed by the police due to profiteering. Owner in protective custody at Dachau." Signed by police chief Heinrich Himmler. Munich, Germany, April or May 1933.
Item View![Headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo (secret state police) and of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). [LCID: 80082]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f0787d40-50da-4f8c-95f4-cedd166d7e0c.jpeg "Headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo (secret state police) and of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). [LCID: 80082]")
Headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo (secret state police) and of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). Berlin, Germany, date uncertain.
Item View![Police search in Berlin. Germany, 1933. [LCID: 85436]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/cfa9a5aa-917a-4896-af9e-7298f236d844.jpg "Police search in Berlin. Germany, 1933. [LCID: 85436]")
Police search in Berlin. Members of the SA stand nearby. Berlin, Germany, 1933.
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![SS and Nazi police prepare for a raid on the Jewish community offices in Vienna. [LCID: 65636a]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5f504077-6978-489e-aa60-42f0cef57df7.jpeg "SS and Nazi police prepare for a raid on the Jewish community offices in Vienna. [LCID: 65636a]")