Gestapo

Edward Crankshaw (1909 - 1984) was a British writer, translator and commentator on Soviet affairs.Crankshaw began work as a journalist at The Times. In the 1930s he lived in Vienna, Austria, teaching English and learning German (his competent grasp of German lead him to become part of the British Intelligence service during World War II). On his return he went back to write for The Times and wrote reviews for The Spectator, The Bookman, and other periodicals. Crankshaw wrote around 40 books on Austrian and Russian subjects and after the war began his research in much more depth.

• IntroductionAcknowledgements1 The Gestapo is Born2 Himmler and the S.S.3 Heydrich and the S.D.4 Gestapo and Revolution5 Vendetta and Intrigue6 Confusion as a Fine Art7 The Totalitarian State8 Gestapo Ueber Alles10 The Dustbin of the Rich11 Streamlined Violence12 The Gestapo Goes to War13 Terror and Extermination14 The Final Solution15 Massacre in the East16 Auschwitz17 Night and Fog in the West18 Full CircleA Note on the Author