 FACT: The Gestapo did not wear black uniforms as seen in Hogans  Heroes. While it was certainly a nice touch of artistic license to  differentiate the more sinister Gestapo like Major Hochstetter from  the relatively benign Luftwaffe guards, this type of black uniform  was a ceremonial uniform seen mostly on the guards at important  buildings or at state functions. The appearances by the Gestapo in  plain clothes and a Nazi party tie pin are closer to the truth.