Hitler family be a spelling variation of the name "Hiedler", meaning one who resides by a "Hiedl" - in Austro-Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. Or the "Hitler" surname may be based on "one who lives in a hut" (German "Hütte" for "hut"). The roots of the Hitler family tree go back to Stefan Hiedler (born 1672) and Agnes Capeller, whose grandson Martin Hiedler (17 November 1762 – 10 January 1829), married Anna Maria Göschl (23 August 1760 – 7 December 1854). This couple had at least three children, Lorenz (1800 - 1861), Johann Georg (baptised 28 February
Bavarian Political Police to act completely independent of the law, free to arrest, deport, torture and murder people. On 17 June 1936, Adolf Hitler decreed the unification of all police forces in Germany, and named Himmler Chief of German Police, which had previously been controlled through state law. This move gave Himmler operational control over Germany's entire detective and political police. The Bavarian Political Police, now part of the Gestapo, became the "Geheime Staatspolizei Staatspolizeileitstelle München", led by Walter Stepp, who had been in charge of the force since 1935. Sepp attempted, unsuccessfully, to retain some independence from the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin