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Gestapo: Natsi-Saksan salaisen poliisin historia
by Frank McDonough
This book tells about the history of Gestapo, the Nazi secret police and how it operated during Hitlers reign. Many people believe that Gestapo watched everyone everywhere, but in reality they were very understaffed and relied heavily on common people who informed them about anti-Nazi opinions and other things considered suspicious in Nazi-Germany. The book tells us a bit of background about Gestapo and how it operated and was judged after war, but most of the book is filled with cases that Gestapo investigated during its time. Some cases were opened up quite deeply, telling us how and where it got started, who was the source of information and how Gestapo investigated the claims made. As interesting as these cases were, I wish there would have been more info about the organization itself, not just the parts in the beginning and the end and those little bits here and there among the cases. So that's why I give this book 3 stars, but still I found it interesting, though a bit lacking at some points.
Also this is my third Nazi-related non-fiction book read for this year and also the last one (though I have one more of these reserved from library, but will probably get it next year). What can I say? All of them were from different topics, so it's kinda hard to say which one I found most interesting, especially when they all got the same 3 star rating. So maybe they all were equally interesting in their own ways, but still not that great to received a higher rating from me.
Also this is my third Nazi-related non-fiction book read for this year and also the last one (though I have one more of these reserved from library, but will probably get it next year). What can I say? All of them were from different topics, so it's kinda hard to say which one I found most interesting, especially when they all got the same 3 star rating. So maybe they all were equally interesting in their own ways, but still not that great to received a higher rating from me.