The Gestapo:

The Gestapo was an interrogative type of organization funded by the Nazis. Their purpose was to gain information about secret Allied and or anti-Nazi groups within Nazi-occupied territory, or within Germany itself. The Gestapo was secretive, being a somewhat “Nazi FBI” during and before WWII. The Gestapo’s direct name was “Secret State Police” or “Geheime Staatspolizei” in German.

The Nazis in the Gestapo were responsible for house searches of possible suspects of “undesirables” such as Jews or disabled individuals. The Gestapo used informants, surveillance, and brutal interrogations to get the information they needed, which helped them stabilize the civility of the Third Reich. 

One of the Gestapo’s main responsibilities was to hunt down anti-Nazi resistance and send them to killing sites or concentration camps. The Gestapo played an important role in hunting down the people responsible for the July 20 plot, such as Colonel Claus von Stauffenburg, accountable for his attempt on Hitler's life. Some locals even helped assist the Gestapo in finding and eliminating various groups of people, which the Gestapo recommended.

The Gestapo was established by Hermann Goering. Adolf Hitler wanted it to be an organization where they would eliminate Germany’s political enemies, such as the Communists. After Hitler became chancellor on January 30, 1933, most of the German Communist party, if not all, was disbanded due to supporters taken to concentration camps by the Gestapo and SA, and or civil intolerance against the party.

The Gestapo consisted of many political police agencies all across the Weimar Republic and Prussia (Germany before WWII) combined into one. By 1934, the oversight of the Gestapo was handed over to Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, who was also granted Chief of German Police by Hitler in 1936. By 1945, the Allies entered German territory. In which a secret police wasn't needed due to the war effort. And it was also deemed worthless before the war ended, disbanding the Gestapo.

Heinrich Müller:

Heinrich was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi German Era, who was chief of the Gestapo, the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany. Heinrich was central in the orchestration of the Holocaust, attending the Wannsee Conference, which formalized plans for deporting and executing undesirables, and Jews all across Nazi Europe. He was known as Gestapo Müller, to distingush him from another high-ranking Nazi official named Heinrich Müller as well.

Heinrich was born in Munich on April 28, 1900, to Catholic parents. He completed an apprenticeship as an aircraft mechanic before the First World War. He served in the Luftstreitskräfte (Air Force) before the end of WWI as a pilot to recon ground forces on artillery. After the war, he joined the police force in 1919 as an auxiliary worker. Despite not being in the Freikorps, he was involved in taking down or eliminating Communist political opponents. While he was in Munich, he witnessed a shooting of Red Army revolutionaries in the Soviet Republic of Bavaria, which is when he developed his extreme and vile hatred of Communism. Before his Nazi career, he was head of the Munich Political Police Department. During his career as a police officer, he was acquainted with many members of the NSDAP, such as Himmler and Heydrich, but he did support the Bavarian People's Party, using force against the Nazi Party's actions in disposing of the People's Party of Bavaria.

His views did aid his risings as it guaranteed the hostile actions of the Nazis, which would put his dependency on Heydrich's patronage, who appreciated Müller's skills as a policeman. When the Nazis took power, Müller's awareness on Communist activities made him wanted by the Nazis, as they wanted their competition imprisoned and eliminated. After which, he was promoted to Polizeiobersekretär, or Police Chief Secretary, and then Criminal Inspector later in 1933. Richard J. Evans wrote that "Müller was a stickler for duty and discipline, and approached the tasks he was set as if they were military commands. A true workaholic who never took a vacation, Müller was determined to serve the German state, irrespective of what political form it took, and believed it was everyone's duty, including his own, to obey its dictates without question." Evans would also write and state how he couldn't understand that a non-believer, or an opponent to National-Socialism would become head of the Gestapo, as Müller also once stated that Hitler was "an immigrant unemployed house painter" and "an Austrian draft-dodger", openly mocking him.

But alas, many described Müller as a perfect model and example for the connection between the police and the NSDAP. Müller would then be recruited by Heydrich, who was head of the Security Service. Heydrich also recruited Franz Josef Huber and Josef Albert Meisinger. Müller joined the SS in 1934, the year the SA was dissolved. By 1936, Müller was the Gestapo's operations chief. In 1937, however, the Nazi Deputy Gauleiter of Upper Bavaria stated, "Criminal Police Chief Inspector Heinrich Müller is not a Party member. He has also never actively worked within the Party or in one of its ancillary organisations..." But evidence from Müller's past did indeed dictate that his political beliefs lay between the NSDAP and the BPP (Bavarian People's Party).

After which, he was promoted to the rank of Standartenführer, or Standard Leader, by 1937, and he would then become head of the Gestapo in 1939, regarding some previous German policies. With his known reputation, he was feared by many, being in a high position of Nazi officers, along with many like Heinrich Himmler. With the creation of the Gestapo, many archives could be found in the Gestapo Headquarters in Berlin, which was the pinnacle of Nazi research for the Holocaust after WWII ended.

Like Adolf Hitler, he was last seen in the Führerbunker, the bunker for high-ranking officials like Himmler and himself. After WWII in Europe and Asia ended, he was crowned the highest-ranking figure of the Nazi Era who was never captured or confirmed dead, but evidence given dictates that he died, like many other high-ranking Nazis, in May of 1945, the month that Germany fell. Just like Hitler however, many people did think he committed suicide, but others thought he fled the country.