Q. In the context of Nazi Germany, the term ‘Gestapo’ refers to which of the following?
Answer: Secret state police
Notes: Special surveillance and security forces were created in the Nazi Germany to control and order society in ways that the Nazis wanted. Apart from the already existing regular police and the SA (Storm Troopers), these included the Gestapo (secret state police), the SS (the protection squads), criminal police and the Security Service (SD).It was the extra-constitutional powers of these newly organised forces that gave the Nazi state its reputation as the most dreaded 'Police State'. People could be detained or arrested without any legal procedures by Gestapo and sent to concentration camps at will. The police forces acquired powers to rule with impunity. So, option ‘c’ is the correct answer.