The History of the Gestapo by Jacques Delarue
The History of the Gestapo by Jacques Delarue
Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald,, London, 1964 first English translated edition.
Condition: Good. Ex Library book with limited but expected stamps and pastings. The wraps have some signs of edge and spine wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book is still in a good condition.
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.
