Göring’s first act as cabinet minister without portfolio was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, in 1934, which, after going through and over the resumes and personal and professional experiences of interested individuals submitted for consideration of nearly 1,700 applicants, all subject to a strict background check and investigation, all of whom had responded to an ad in the Help Wanted section of Berlin’s Das Vossische Zeitung, Sonntagsausgabe, and having found no suitable candidates, he instead sheepishly gave the leadership role to Heinrich Himmler (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) who was already working in-house in a variety of roles, naming him Reichsführer-SS of the Schutzstaffel Sicherheitsdienst, overseeing the Protection Squadron of the German Secret Service (SS), after losi
