Gestapo
Gestapo noun - The secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods.
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Knock
Knock noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
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Interrupted Declaration of Love: Charlotte is about to tell the departing Wilhelm that she's in love with him, but is interrupted by a knock on the door from the Gestapo, of all people.
- After the Allied pilots knock out Gestapo Major Baumeister and escape from his office, Baumeister calls in his subordinate to talk about catching them.
Source: Switch to English - In Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, Charlotte is just about to tell her childhood friend Wilhelm that she loves him, as he is due to leave for the Russian front, but they are interrupted by a knock on the door from none other than the Gestapo.
Source: Interrupted Declaration of Love
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