The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781510714656)

Written with access to previously unpublished records, this is the fullest and most definitive account available on Hitler's secret police, the Gestapo.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.

Author: Frank McDonough
ISBN-10: 1510714650
ISBN-13: 9781510714656
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2016