Christopher Morton schrieb: Absolutely right. The one ('o'

is the institution, the other ('a'

its governmental bureau. For further details I would recommend the paperwork by german historians around the Auschwitz-trials in the 60's in Germany. They're also available as paperbacks (in german) under the title 'Anatomie des SS-Staates' (anatomy of the SS-state/country). Here the developement of the Gestapo/-a apparatus is quite in detail depicted. Hope this helps.