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The Geheime Feldpolizei or GFP was the secret military police of the German Wehrmacht from July 1939 to May 1945. Although officially part of the Wehrmacht, its personnel were mainly recruited from the criminal branch of police officers who had been assigned to the armed forces. They were assigned the legal status of military officials and retained the authority of other police agencies as well as the Sicherheitsdienst (SD). Initially the GFP were exclusively Wehrmacht security units, but in 1942 they were absorbed by the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).

GFP agents could wear either civilian clothes or uniforms in the course of their duties. A GFP official was also entitled to pass through any military roadblocks or enter military buildings. They could also use military signals and communications equipment, commandeer military vehicles, procure military supplies and accommodation wherever necessary in execution of their duty. In occupied areas, the GFP also provided personal escort to military VIPs, assistance to state security agencies in counter espionage, interrogation of suspects, prevention of sabotage and the detection of enemy agents.

Included on the far-right is Heinrich Himmler, former Reichsführer-SS, in disguise as 'Sergeant Heinrich Hitzinger'. In May 1945, the disgraced Himmler attempted to gain a post in the Flensburg Government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz, believing that the SS would be in a good position to restore and maintain order after the war. Himmler was rejected and tried to flee the Allies with a forged paybook. He later committed suicide after being identified.

Strictly educational and apolitical.

Description
The Geheime Feldpolizei or GFP was the secret military police of the German Wehrmacht from July 1939 to May 1945. Although officially part of the Wehrmacht, its personnel were mainly recruited from the criminal branch of police officers who had been assigned to the armed forces. They were assigned the legal status of military officials and retained the authority of other police agencies as well as the Sicherheitsdienst (SD). Initially the GFP were exclusively Wehrmacht security units, but in 1942 they were absorbed by the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).

GFP agents could wear either civilian clothes or uniforms in the course of their duties. A GFP official was also entitled to pass through any military roadblocks or enter military buildings. They could also use military signals and communications equipment, commandeer military vehicles, procure military supplies and accommodation wherever necessary in execution of their duty. In occupied areas, the GFP also provided personal escort to military VIPs, assistance to state security agencies in counter espionage, interrogation of suspects, prevention of sabotage and the detection of enemy agents.

Included on the far-right is Heinrich Himmler, former Reichsführer-SS, in disguise as 'Sergeant Heinrich Hitzinger'. In May 1945, the disgraced Himmler attempted to gain a post in the Flensburg Government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz, believing that the SS would be in a good position to restore and maintain order after the war. Himmler was rejected and tried to flee the Allies with a forged paybook. He later committed suicide after being identified.

Strictly educational and apolitical.