The Vienna Gestapo, 1938-1945

Description

The Gestapo as the Central Terror Instrument of the Nazi Regime — Establishment of the Gestapo in Austria and of the Gestapo Regional Headquarters in Vienna — Hotel Metropole: Headquarters of the Vienna Gestapo — The Gestapo in the Network of the SS and Political Structures: Organization of the Vienna Gestapo — The Officials and Employees of the Vienna Gestapo — Working Procedures and Methods of the Vienna Gestapo — Informants and Cell Spies: ‘Radio Games’ — Denunciations — Mass Arrests — The Vienna Gestapo and the Persecution of the Jews — Persecution of the Catholic Church and other Religious Groups — Suppression of Organized Resistance — Suppression of Non-Organized Resistance — Oberlanzendorf ‘Labour Education Camp’ — Vienna Gestapo Officials on ‘External Deployment’ — End-Phase Crimes — The End of the Vienna Gestapo — Prosecution of Vienna Gestapo Officials.