Description
| Product ID: | 9781445698366 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | MT |
| Title: | The Crimes of the Gestapo |
| Subtitle: | From the Closed Files of MI14 |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Cook |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Second World War, Second World War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A unique account of the Gestapo through the eyes of British intelligence. The book also reveals that the Gestapo was not as all powerful as it is often assumed. MI14 was set up in 1940 as a clearing house for intelligence from and about Nazi Germany. In addition to their own networks and operations, MI14 also had the benefit of intelligence from MI5, MI6 and MI9.The Gestapo was one of the main areas of MI14 interest. Established in 1933 as Department 1A of the Prussian State Police, the Gestapo (a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei – state secret police) soon became identified as the Nazis’ leading instrument of repression and synonymous with the brutality and terror of the regime.Charged with state security, the Gestapo singled out opponents, real or imaginary, within Germany and the occupied territories, brutally suppressing them with torture and execution, and actively seeking to promote the Nazi state’s perverse policies.This book also reveals that the Gestapo was not as all-powerful as it is often assumed, and was often under-resourced and overstretched, relying to a great extent on the willingness of ‘ordinary Germans’ to provide information on their fellow citizens. |
| Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-15 |
