The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police

The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police

Written with access to previously unpublished records, this is the fullest and most definitive account available on Hitlerâ€™s secret police, the Gestapo.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.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-03-07
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781510714656

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