The history of the Gestapo. / Jacques Delarue. Translated from the French by Mervyn Savill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delarue, Jacques, 1919-

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei.

Germany.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x, 406 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

London and Beccles : Made and printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited.

Place of Publication:

London : Macdonald, [1964]

Contents:

Part One: The birth of the Gestapo 1933-34

Part Two: The Gestapo perfects its methods, 1934-36

Part Three: The Gestapo prepares for invasion, 1936-39

Part Four: The Gestapo at War, 1940

Part Five: The hell of the Gestapo 1940-44.

Notes:

First published in the French language under the title 'Histoire de la Gestapo' by Librairie Arthème Fayard ... 1962. This translation copyright Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1964."

"First Published 1964. Second Impression January 1966."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391).

"In 1963 this book was awarded both the Prix Litteraire de la Resistance and the Prix d'Aujourd'hui."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok, New York, 1974".

Potok Collection copy is "Second Impression January 1966".

Other Format:

Online version: Delarue, Jacques, 1919- History of the Gestapo.

OCLC:

4838772

Publisher Number:

B6611300