Series: German police

Browse articles about the German police and the Nazi state. Learn about the role police played in German society before and after the rise of the Nazis. Read about how the Nazis transformed the German police; combined the police and the SS; and created different types of police forces for different purposes. These types of forces included a uniformed police force, a detective force, and a secret political police force. 

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