Gestapo - Softcover

Crankshaw, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306805677 ISBN 13: 9780306805677

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1994

Synopsis

The sinister Gestapo planted its evil roots in the 1930s but it was during the horror of World War II that this notorious organization became identified as the Nazis' leading instrument of repression. Edward Crankshaw provides an authoritative overview of the organization, examining the trail of destruction it blazed across Europe, looking at its structures and its rivalries with other police organizations, and revealing the struggle for power within the Gestapo's nefarious bureau. As this brilliant book makes compellingly clear, the Gestapo grew. It sought out resistance brutally suppressing it with torture and execution used repression to deter opposition, filled the concentration camps with political opponents and ethnic 'undesirables,' and actively sought to promote the Nazi state's perverse policies

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Crankshaw was attached to the British military mission to Moscow during World War II and afterwards worked as a journalist and researcher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0306805677
• ISBN 13: 9780306805677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280