New provisions for protective custody issued

© fkoester Solitary cell in the headquarter of the secret state police (Gestapo), Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8 in Berlin (1948)

On 25 January 1938 new provisions for protective custody are issued in Germany. They allow the Secret State Police (Gestapo) to arrest persons „who by their conduct pose a threat to the continued existence and security of the people and the state“.