Was there a Gestapo in Shanghai during World War II? What does the Gestapo in Shanghai do?

Speaking of the "state secret police" in Nazi Germany during World War II, I believe many friends will immediately think of four words, that is, "Gestapo". During World War II, the Gestapo raided and destroyed anti-Nazis, leftists and religious figures in Germany and occupied areas. In addition, it followed Hitler's instructions and cleaned Jews everywhere. Most notorious concentration camps are run by the Gestapo. Those Gestapos in black uniforms were once a nightmare for civilians in occupied areas.

At the same time, there were Gestapo troops in China Shanghai Concession. During 1940, GerhardKahner, a Gestapo official, arrived in Shanghai as a printer at the German Consulate General in Shanghai to engage in foreign activities. His monthly salary is 1570 mark, and he performs three tasks: one is to deal with British intelligence agencies, the other is to monitor local German expatriates, and the third is to investigate Jewish immigrants from Germany. The first task was undertaken by Louis Schiffgen, the naval captain of the German anti-espionage department in Shanghai, and Kana paid more attention to the latter two tasks.

Hua, an American author of "The Secret War in Shanghai", said that after Kana arrived in Shanghai, "some Germans who were dissatisfied with the status quo simply disappeared, and later their bodies floated on the Huangpu River", and some Jews who ran newspapers in Shanghai and criticized Hitler were also deprived of their German citizenship.

1942, Joseph Meisinger, a Gestapo official working in Warsaw, Poland, arrived in Shanghai to take charge of the East Asian secret police and became the superior of Kanna.

Mesinger's main target is more than 20,000 Jews who fled to Shanghai. In order to carry out Hitler's extermination policy, he planned to build a concentration camp on Chongming Island or organize commandos to attack the Jewish New Year's party, but they failed because of the lack of support from the Japanese occupation forces. After all, after the German sorge 194 1 was arrested in Tokyo for stealing Japanese intelligence for the Soviet Union, the Japanese became deeply wary of the Germans. On the eve of the end of World War II, Mesinger fled to Tokyo, was arrested by the US military and handed over to Poland, where he was executed for his crimes in Warsaw.