hen Adolf Hitler and the “Nationalsozialisitische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei” (NSDAP – Nazi Party) came to power in 1933, Germany had a disorganized variety of regional police organizations whose authority and power often overlapped and conflicted with one another. Hermann Goering, the World War I aviation ace and Nazi “old-time fighter”, established the “Geheime Staatspolizei” (Secret State Police – “Gestapo”) to cement the Nazis’ grip of terror over the citizens of the Third Reich. On April 20, 1934, Hitler selected Heinrich Himmler (Reich’s Leader of the “Schutzstaffel” –
