An Illustrated History of the Gestapo

Abstract: This book details how the Geheime Staats Polizei solidified its reign of terror over the German citizenry, and reminds us of the very real danger of allowing those who should be the servants of the people to become their masters.

Keywords: book review, history, Gestapo, Geheime Staats Polizei, staatspolizei, Nazi, Germany, Reichstag Fire, terrorism, secret police.

Title: An Illustrated History of the Gestapo Author: Rupert Butler Publisher: Motorbooks Date Published: March 1993 ISBN: 0879388013 LOCN: HV8208.7.G44B88 1993 Dewey: 363.2/83/0943 20 Pages: 240 Bibliography: 63 entries Figures: 228

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Gestapo is Born

Chapter 2: Heinrich Himmler and the SS

Chapter 3: Heydrich and the SD

Chapter 4: The Slaughter of the Brownshirts

Chapter 5: The Gestapo is Everywhere

Chapter 6: The Gestapo's Road to War

Chapter 7: The Gestapo Campaign in the East

Chapter 8: The Assassination of Heydrich

Chapter 9: Night and Fog in the West

Chapter 10: The Gestapo and the Enemy Within

Chapter 11: The Reckoning and the Price

Chapter 12: The Gestapo Today

The Survivors

Interviews with 11 surviving victims of Gestapo atrocities.

The Internal Structure of the RSHA

Gestapo Rank Comparison

Compares with equivalent American and British military ranks.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Butler, Rupert.
Title:         An illustrated history of the Gestapo / Rupert
                  Butler.
Published:     Osceola, Wis. : Motorbooks International, 1993.
Description:   240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   HV8208.7.G44B88 1993
Dewey No.:     363.2/83/0943 20
ISBN:          0879388013 : $21.95
Notes:         Previously published: Shepperton, England : Allan
                  Pub.
               Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235)
                  and index.
Subjects:      Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei -- History.
               Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei -- History --
                  Pictorial works.
Control No.:   92041018 

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