Mr plesch believes its closure in 1948 reflects a change in policy by germany 's american occupiers who in 1947 , for example , recruited a former gestapo chief , klaus barbie , as an agent .
Now the fighting began , and captain wake showed herself more than willing to take part , readily joining raiding parties , blowing up local gestapo headquarters and ambushing german patrols .
Although she lived with the constant possibility of capture , it held no fear for her , and she did not yet know that her husband , rather than betray her , had been arrested by the gestapo , tortured and killed .