A police detective force responsible for the investigation of crimes. Under the Nazi state, the Kripo (Criminal Police) developed into a key enforcer of Nazi policies and aided in the persecution, arrest, imprisonment and murder of Jews and other groups perceived as enemies of Nazi Germany. [...]
The intelligence service of the NSDAP under SS control (1931-1945), the SD (Sicherheitsdienst, literally Security Service) was responsible for intelligence gathering about perceived enemies of the NSDAP, including political opponents, Jews and others. Led by Reinhard Heydrich from its establishment in 1931, the SD was initially one of several intelligence services operating in Germany. In 1934, the SD was named the sole intelligence agency of Nazi Germany. [...]
Part of the consolidation of the NSDAP’s power over Germany from 1933 on included the expansion of the power of Nazi Party organizations to functions of the state. The consolidation of the various arms of Germany’s police and security agencies under the control of the SS from 1936 on played a key role in the elimination of opposition to National Socialism in Germany and the solidification of Nazi power.
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A Yiddish-language daily newspaper first published in 1897 in New York City. It continues to be published today in English and in Yiddish.
Signed into law by U.S. president Harry S. Truman on June 25, 1948, the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 allowed for the entry of 100,000 DPs from Europe into the U.S. per year. The Act, which was amended in 1950, greatly expanded previously enforced national origin quotas and facilitated the immigration of some 400,000 DPs between 1948-1952. An estimated 80,000 of the were Jews.