[Ads-l] Antedating of "Gestapo"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Gestapo (OED 1934)

1933 Observer 13 Aug. 8/5 (Newspapers.com)  Germany's Ogpu, which now has its portmanteau name of the "Gestapo" (abbreviation of "Geheime Staats - Politische Polizei).

1933 Guardian 2 Sept. 11/7 (Newspapers.com)  The Communists have just suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the GESTAPO.

1933 Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 28 Sept. 8/1 (Newspapers.com)  The Gestapo.


Fred Shapiro

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