The Vienna Gestapo headquarters was the largest of its kind in the German Reich and the most important instrument of Nazi terror in Austria, responsible for the persecution of Jews, suppression of resistance and policing of forced labourers. Of the more than fifty thousand people arrested by the Vienna Gestapo, many were subjected to torturous interrogation before being either sent to concentration camps or handed over to the Nazi judiciary for prosecution. This comprehensive survey by three expert historians focuses on these victims of repression and persecution as well as the structure of the Vienna Gestapo and the perpetrators of its crimes.

Thomas Mang, Ph.D., pursued a business career in Germany from 1971 to 1991. Since 1998 he has published numerous scholarly works on the Vienna Gestapo.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. The Gestapo as the Central Terror Instrument of the Nazi RegimeChapter 2. Establishment of the Gestapo in Austria and of Its Regional Headquarters in ViennaChapter 3. Hotel Metropole: Headquarters of the Vienna GestapoChapter 4. The Gestapo in the Network of the SS and Political Structures Organization of the Vienna GestapoChapter 5. The Officials and Employees of the Vienna GestapoChapter 6. Working Procedures and Methods of the Vienna GestapoChapter 7. Informants and Cell Spies Radio GamesChapter 8. DenunciationsChapter 9. Mass ArrestsChapter 10. The Vienna Gestapo and the Persecution of the JewsChapter 11. Persecution of the Catholic Church and other Religious BodiesChapter 12. Suppression of Organized ResistanceChapter 13. Suppression of Non-organized ResistanceChapter 14. Oberlanzendorf Labour Education CampChapter 15. Vienna Gestapo Officials on External DeploymentChapter 16. End-Phase CrimesChapter 17. The End of the Vienna GestapoChapter 18. Prosecution of Vienna Gestapo Officials

Summary and Conclusion

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