The Gestapo
Subtitle: the myth and reality of Hitler's secret police
By: Frank McDonough
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781510714656
Subjects: National socialism; Jews; Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei; Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Atrocities; History
Description: "Written with access to previously unpublished records, this is the fullest and most definitive account available on Hitler's secret police, the Gestapo.  The book illustrates how, despite its material constraints, this group was able to extend its reach widely and quickly by manipulating and colluding with the general public during World War II, making ordinary German citizens complicit in the rendition of their associates, friends, colleagues, and neighbors.  Though it was a powerful institution, it was not an all-powerful institution, and McDonough also relates the fascinating and underreported accounts of a cross-section of ordinary and extraordinary people who opposed the Nazi regime and its oppressive governance.  The Gestapo will provide a chilling new doorway into the everyday life of the Third Reich and give powerful testimony from the victims of Nazi terror, while also challenging popular myths about the Gestapo and its inner workings."--Amazon.com.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Coronet"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271, 274-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming the Gestapo; title: Gestapo men and methods; title: Policing religious faith; title: Hunting the Communists; title: Denounce thy neighbour; title: The racial war against the 'social outsiders'; title: Persecuting the Jews; title: The Gestapo on trial; title: Glossary of German terms and organizations.