一位著名的第三帝国历史学家对盖世太保的全新、全面的探索。
通过对之前未出版的盖世太保案件档案的详细审查，这本书讲述了反对纳粹政权的普通和非凡人物的迷人、生动和令人不安的故事。它还讲述了德国公民参与盖世太保监视的同样令人不安的故事，并揭示了盖世太保官员的冷血、高效的方法。尽管存在物质限制，但该组织能够操纵和勾结公众的程度令人震惊，也令人不寒而栗，因为它揭示了普通德国公民在引渡他们的同事、朋友、同事和邻居时的共谋，对于让盖世太保广泛而迅速地扩大其影响力至关重要。
2016年彭·赫塞尔·蒂尔曼奖长期入围，并在《每日电讯报》上排名2015年100本最佳图书之一
这是迄今为止发表的关于盖世太保的最完整、最权威的记录
盖世太保将为第三帝国的日常生活提供一扇令人毛骨悚然的新大门，为纳粹恐怖活动的受害者提供强有力的证词，为那些反对希特勒政权的人提供辛酸的生活故事，同时也挑战关于希特勒秘密警察的流行神话。
The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Polic
A new, comprehensive exploration of the Gestapo from a renowned historian of the Third Reich.
Drawing on a detailed examination of previously unpublished Gestapo case files this book relates the fascinating, vivid and disturbing accounts of a cross-section of ordinary and extraordinary people who opposed the Nazi regime. It also tells the equally disturbing stories of the involvement of the German citizenry in the Gestapo’s surveillance and reveals the cold-blooded, efficient methods of the Gestapo officers. Despite its material constraints, the degree to which the group was able to manipulate-and collude with-the general public is as astonishing as it is chilling, for it reveals that the complicity of regular German citizens in the rendition of their associates, friends, colleagues, and neighbors was essential in allowing the Gestapo to extend its reach widely and quickly.
Longlisted for 2016 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and ranked one of the 100 Best Books of 2015 in the Daily Telegraph
With access to previously inaccessible records, this is the fullest and most definitive account of the Gestapo yet published
The Gestapo will provide a chilling new doorway into the everyday life of the Third Reich and give powerful testimony from the victims of Nazi terror and poignant life stories of those who opposed Hitler’s regime while also challenging popular myths about Hitler’s secret police.

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