An Army of Spies? The Gestapo Spy Network 1933—45
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Hubbard-Hall (0000-0002-9101-5421, corresponding author), Claire M Hall |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-265 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009408101250 |
| OpenAlex | W2022717871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The contemporary belief of a Gestapo spy on every corner that, in turn, helped create a veil of fear over the German people has been too easily dismissed by scholars on the grounds that the Gestapo did not possess an `army of spies'. The image of the Gestapo as a `big brother' figure with eyes and ears everywhere has been discredited by historians such as Robert Gellately as a nazi fabrication. Gellately's important work on denunciations successfully pushed his thesis of a `self-policing' society operating within a `consensus dictatorship' to the forefront of historiography, but in a revisionist overstatement he exaggerated the significance of denunciations. This article hopes to address the current debate concerning the nature of policing in nazi Germany by demonstrating that there was a regular presence of paid informers alongside denouncers, reinforcing the proactive nature of the Gestapo in repressing dissent
Brother · Democracy · Dictatorship · Dissent · German · Historiography · Media studies · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |