Bavarian Political Police

Bavarian Political Police
Bayerische Politische Polizei
Agency overview
Formed1933
Preceding agency
  • Political department of the Munich Police
Dissolved1936
Superseding agency
JurisdictionPolitical opponents of the Nazi regime
HeadquartersMunich
Agency executives

The Bavarian Political Police (German: Bayerische Politische Polizei), BPP, was a police force in the German state of Bavaria, active from 1933 to 1936. It served as a forerunner of the Gestapo in Bavaria, the secret police during the Nazi era, and was predominantly engaged in the persecution of political opponents of the Nazis.[1]

The combination of political police and concentration camps under the control of the SS in Bavaria became the model for all of Nazi Germany, with Heinrich Himmler, within a short time, controlling all police forces in the country.[2] Munich, Bavaria's capital, became the testing ground for the Nazi terror of the following twelve years.[3]

  1. ^ Hoser, Paul. "Schutzstaffel (SS), 1925-1945" (in German). Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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