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Zusatztext `meticulous analysis ... has brought some fascinating and disturbing material to light, and raised a whole new set of questionsJewish Chronicle Klappentext This book examines the everyday operations of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police. How were the Gestapo able to detect the smallest signs of non-compliance with Nazi doctrines, especially `crimes' pertaining to the private spheres of social, family, and sexual life? How could the police enforce policies such as those designed to isolate the Jews or foreign workers with such apparent ease? Robert Gellately argues that there was a three-way interaction between the police, the German people, and the implementation of policy; and that the key factor in the enforcement of Nazi racial policy was the willingness of German citizens to provide the authorities with information about suspected `criminality'. Zusammenfassung This study attempts to further scholastic understanding with regards to the relationship between the Third Reich and the German population, in order to examine the regime's success and effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of tables; Abbreviations and glossary; Introduction; I. The Gestapo: The emergence of the Gestapo; Local organization of the Gestapo and police network; II. German Society: Würzburg and Lower Franconia before 1933; Anti-Jewish actions in Lower Franconia after 1933; III. Enforcing Racial Policy: The Gestapo and social co-operation: the example of political denunciation; Racial policy and varieties of non-compliance; Compliance through prssure; 'Racially foreign': racial policy and Polish workers; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
