Gestapo

Author: Cartens Dams, Michael Stolle

“This is who we are; to put it in a humorous way, we are sometimes the 'steward of all pleasures' and sometimes the garbage bin of the state.”

Reinhard Heydrich

It is reported that Heydrich, who was the senior manager of the Gestapo, in whose establishment he played an important role, one day shouted at a group of people who recognized him in a drinking restaurant, did not "show respect" and were laughing among themselves: "I am the chief of the Gestapo! I could send you all to a concentration camp!”

Gestapo: Geheime Staatspolizei - Secret State Police. This is the name of the secret police institution of the Nazi regime. It is a concept that has become known all over the world, regardless of its German meaning, since the late 1930s. It's a chilling concept. A myth. It is a myth that draws its influence from a terrible reality and terrifying experiences, but also multiplies that image with its rumors.

In the book, the Gestapo is examined from all aspects: Its institutional structure; ideology; Its effect that affects all other security units and further spreads to the judiciary and penal system; The prosecution extends to all areas of life, from Jews and communists to religious people, those who "make crime their profession", those who "slack off work" and those who tell inappropriate jokes; tracking and printing techniques; The share of “organized” and spontaneous denunciations in this prosecution regime; ever-expanding arbitrariness; The sinister contribution of the Gestapo, which gradually expanded its field of activity to occupied countries, in the Holocaust.

The book, which makes a striking exposure of the grave historical example of the "police state" in modern history, also questions how and to what extent the Gestapo's legacy has been reckoned with.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 269

Size: 13 x 19.5

Media Type: Paperback