Carsten Dams – författare

The Gestapo was the most feared instrument of political terror in the Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the Nazi regime: socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be an ''anti-social element''. Its prisons soon became infamous - many of those who disappeared into them were never seen again - and it has been remembered ever since as the sinister epitome of Nazi terror and persecution.But how accurate is it to view the Gestapo as an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit?Answering all these questions and more, this book uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former Gestapo officers after World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked - and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it.

The Gestapo was the most feared instrument of political terror in the Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the Nazi regime: socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be an ''anti-social element''. Its prisons soon became infamous - many of those who disappeared into them were never seen again - and it has been remembered ever since as the sinister epitome of Nazi terror and persecution.But how accurate is it to view the Gestapo as an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit?Answering all these questions and more, this book uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former Gestapo officers after World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked - and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it.

The Gestapo was the most feared instrument of political terror in the Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the Nazi regime: socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be an 'anti-social element'. Its prisons soon became infamous - many of those who disappeared into them were never seen again - and it has been remembered ever since as the sinister epitome of Nazi terror and persecution.But how accurate is it to view the Gestapo as an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit?Answering all these questions and more, this book uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former Gestapo officers after World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked - and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it.

The Gestapo was the most feared instrument of political terror in the Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the Nazi regime: socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be an 'anti-social element'. Its prisons soon became infamous - many of those who disappeared into them were never seen again - and it has been remembered ever since as the sinister epitome of Nazi terror and persecution.But how accurate is it to view the Gestapo as an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit?Answering all these questions and more, this book uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former Gestapo officers after World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked - and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it.

Im Handbuch der Polizeien Deutschlands werden erstmals alle 16 Polizeien der Bundesländer und die beiden Polizeien des Bundes systematisch dargestellt und analysiert. Enthalten sind jeweils die historische Entwicklung, Aufbau und Organisation, polizeirechtliche Aspekte, die polizeiliche Aus- und Fortbildung, Angaben zum Personal und eine Analyse der Polizeipolitik. Auf dieser Grundlage werden in einem vergleichenden Beitrag der Herausgeber dann Einschätzungen zur Polizeipolitik in Deutschland insgesamt getroffen. Angesprochen werden sollen neben den Polizeibehörden und Ministerien vor allem der größer werdende Kreis von Polizeiforschern, Fachjournalisten und Studierende an Hochschulen der Polizei. Alle am Thema Innere Sicherheit Interessierte erhalten Grundlageninformationen und werden auf neue Forschungsperspektiven aufmerksam gemacht.

Dieses studienbegleitende Lehrbuch stellt die politikwissenschaftlichen und soziologischen Grundlagen für die Polizeiarbeit dar. Während die Politikwissenschaft Analysen bereitstellt, um die Polizei und ihr Handeln zu verstehen, bietet die Soziologie unverzichtbares Hintergrundwissen, um die Bedeutung gesellschaftlicher Strukturen und Prozesse für die Gewährung von Sicherheit und Ordnung zu erfassen und als Polizei hierauf zu reagieren.In zehn Kapiteln beschreiben die Autorinnen und Autoren, die an polizeiausbildenden Hochschulen und Akademien lehren, die sozialwissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen mit stetem Bezug zur Rolle, Funktion und Organisation der Polizei sowie zu den politischen Bedingungen und Anforderungen an polizeiliches Handeln in Deutschland.Der politikwissenschaftliche Teil befasst sich mit dem politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, einer Politikfeldanalyse der Inneren Sicherheit, dem politischen Extremismus und Terrorismus und der Europäisierung der Inneren Sicherheit.Eine Einführung in die Soziologie der Polizei leitet den soziologischen Teil ein. Weiterhin werden die Sozialstruktur Deutschlands, das polizeiliche Handeln im urbanen Raum und soziologische Fragen zu Polizei und Gewalt betrachtet. Abgerundet wird das Buch mit einem Überblick über die Geschichte der deutschen Polizei und einem Beitrag zum Thema Polizei als Beruf.