Bavarian Political Police
| Bayerische Politische Polizei | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1933 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Dissolved | 1936 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Political opponents of the Nazi regime |
| Headquarters | Munich |
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The Bavarian Political Police (German: Bayerische Politische Polizei), BPP, was a police force in the German state of Bavaria, active from 1933 to 1936. It served as a forerunner of the Gestapo in Bavaria, the secret police during the Nazi era, and was predominantly engaged in the persecution of political opponents of the Nazis.
The combination of political police and concentration camps under the control of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Bavaria became the model for all of Nazi Germany, with Heinrich Himmler, within a short time, controlling all police forces in the country. Munich, Bavaria's capital, became the testing ground for the Nazi terror of the following twelve years.