Nazi terror: the Gestapo, Jews and ordinary Germans

Tackles the central aspect of the Nazi dictatorship head on by focusing on the role of the individual and on the role of society in making terror work. Based on years of research in Gestapo archives and on more than 1,100 Gestapo and "Special court" case files, and on surveys and interviews with German perpetrators, Jewish victims and ordinary Germans who experienced the Third Reich first hand, this book settles many questions about who was responsible for what, who knew what and when they knew it