The Gestapo: A History of Horror

From 1933 to 1945, the Gestapo was Nazi Germany's chief instrument of counter-espionage, political suppression, and terror. Jacques Delarue, a saboteur arrested by the Nazis in occupied France, chronicles how the land of Beethoven elevated sadism to a fine art. The Gestapo: A History of Horror draws upon Delarue's interviews with ex-Gestapo agents to deliver a multi-layered history of the force whose work included killing student resisters, establishing Aryan eugenic unions, and implementing the Final Solution. This is a probing look at the Gestapo and the fanatics and megalomaniacs who made it such a successful and heinous organization--Barbie, Eichmann, Himmler, Heydrich, Müller. The Gestapo's notorious reign led to the murder of millions. The Gestapo is an important documentation of what they did and how they did it.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 05/17/2008
ISBN: 9781602392465
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.28h x 6.17w x 0.98d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 191