The Gestapo, the secret state police of Nazi Germany, was one of the most notorious pillars on which the Third Reich relied for the repression and extermination of Germans opposed to National Socialism.

Its criminal activities extended to the European territories occupied by the Nazis. It was the organization of the Hitler regime that played a crucial role in the persecution of the Jews and the Holocaust.

The book unfolds the history of the Gestapo, from its establishment in 1933 to its collapse in 1945, and captures the inhumane methods and practices it employed to interrogate and annihilate its hundreds of thousands of victims.

The author, drawing upon numerous sources, presents the profiles of the key officials of the Gestapo. He records the causes that led to its rapid expansion shortly after its formation and describes the missions of the battalions that spread terror in Germany and in occupied Europe.