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(Monday, February 10, 1936) — The German government enacted the Law on the Secret State Police (Gestapo Law) today, which granted the Gestapo absolute authority and placed its actions entirely above judicial review.

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This law formalized the Gestapo’s independence from the standard legal system, effectively making it a “law unto itself.”