English: Photo taken in the "Gestapo room/office" at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War, Nazi Germany and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945:

• Reich Service flag (Reichsdienstflagge), Third Reich State Service flag
• Reichskriegsflagge", flag of the navy of Nazi Germany (Kriegsmarine)
• Black German steel helmet (Stahlhelm) with SS runes (Siegrunen) on left decal
• Two mannequins dressed as German police personnel:
  • SS uniform:
    • Visor cap (Schirmmütze) with national eagle-and-swastika insignia and SS' skull-and-crossbones emblem (Totenkopf)
    • Brown shirt and black necktie with Nazi Party membership badge
    • Tunic with SS rank insignia of a Unterscahrführer on collar patches (Kragenspiegel) and shoulder straps (Schulterklappen), SS eagle insignia (Ärmeladler, "sleeve eagle") and diamond-shaped cloth patch of the SD (Sicherheitsdienst) on left sleeve
    • Uniform belt with SS buckle (with SS motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue), pistol holster and hand cuffs
    • German Security Police spring steel baton/club/stick (Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO) Stahlrute/Teleskopschlagstock)
  • Gestapo man in civilian clothing:
    • Leather coat
    • Nazi Party swastika cloth armband (Hakenkreuzarmbinde)

The majority of SS personnel wore a variation of the Waffen-SS uniform or the grey-green SS service tunic. Branches with personnel that normally would wear civilian attire in the Reich (such as the Gestapo and Kripo) were issued grey-green SS uniforms in occupied territory to avoid being mistaken for civilians.

• Mannequin in prisoner's striped uniform tied to a pillory
• Office furniture (desk, chair) and items:
  • Wine bottle (Robert Boos Niederdonau-Weine) and wine cooler ice bucket with SS style Nazi eagle
  • Tabletop/desk clock decorated with the swastika-and-shovel emblem of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) etc.
  • Signal, magazine published by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany 1940–1945 as an illustrated photo journal and army propaganda tool for audiences in neutral, allied, and occupied countries, SS book, German telephone book (Fermsprechbuch Berlin 1942)
  • Books: Frimureriets avsløring, Norwegian edition 1928 of Vernichtung der Freimaurerei durch Enthüllung ihrer Geheimnisse by Erich Ludendorff
  • Desk lamp used for interrogation
  • Letters, etc.
  • Writing pad with Nazi eagle-and-swastika emblem
  • War time telephone

etc.

• Small electrical heater on floor

etc.

The Gestapo ("Secret State Police"), was the official secret political police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe before and during World War II. The Gestapo force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933. In 1934 it was passed to the administration of | (SS) national leader Heinrich Himmler, who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler, and made a sub-office of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo; Security Police). From 1939 the Gestapo was administered by the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) and considered a sister organisation to the Sicherheitsdienst (SD; Security Service). During the war the Gestapo played a key role in the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe.