- Summary
- "Written with access to previously unpublished records, this is the fullest and most definitive account available on Hitler's secret police, the Gestapo.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.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- McDonough, Frank, 1957- author.
- Published
- New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2017
©2015
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Becoming the Gestapo
Gestapo men and methods
Policing religious faith
Hunting the Communists
Denounce thy neighbour
The racial war against the 'social outsiders'
Persecuting the Jews
The Gestapo on trial
Glossary of German terms and organizations.
- Notes
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"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Coronet"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271, 274-295) and index.
Becoming the Gestapo -- Gestapo men and methods -- Policing religious faith -- Hunting the Communists -- Denounce thy neighbour -- The racial war against the 'social outsiders' -- Persecuting the Jews -- The Gestapo on trial -- Glossary of German terms and organizations.
