Hitler's enforcers : the Gestapo and the SS security service in the Nazi revolution /
This first socio-organizational history of the Gestapo, the SD, and the regular detectives of the Third Reich, 1932-1937, this book explores the roots of their roles in police terror and programs of mass murder. These personnel helped to form the character and missions of their organizations, which...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This first socio-organizational history of the Gestapo, the SD, and the regular detectives of the Third Reich, 1932-1937, this book explores the roots of their roles in police terror and programs of mass murder. These personnel helped to form the character and missions of their organizations, which were not simply created from above by Hitler, Himmler, or Heydrich. Hitler's Enforcers is based on research at 34 archives in Germany and the United States, including the personnel files of over 1,000 former members, and is the first such study to benefit from the German documents captured by the So. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195344516 0195344510 9786610533763 6610533768 9780199854462 0199854467 |