Athens Gestapo HQ

Germany occupied Athens in late April 1941, and in the wake of the occupation, german secret police, Gestapo, arrived and set up headquarters at Merlin 6 in central Athens. Greek citizens suspected of anti-german acitivities were brought to the headquarter. There they were interrogated and the use of brute force was often used to extort confessions or concessions. Sometimes prisoners were released, sometimes they were sent to other prisons or camps. When the Germans retreated from Athens in October 1944, the headquarters reverted to civilian use.