Defunct Agencies
- Volkspolizei - People's Police in the German Democratic Republic (DDR)
- Ordnungspolizei - Regular German police force that existed in Nazi Germany
- Sicherheitspolizei - Secret police in Germany until the outbreak of World War II
- Gestapo - Secret police of the Nazi regime
- Preussische Geheimpolizei - Prussian Secret Police
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Famous quotes containing the words defunct and/or agencies:
“The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings—upon the spirit that animates mankind.”
—Mary Ritter Beard (1876–1958)