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Topography of Terror is a landmark documentation volume on the institutions that organised Nazi repression. Edited by Reinhard Rürup and translated into English by Werner T. Angress, this 1989 Arenhövel publication is based on the German project Topographie des Terrors. It focuses on the Prinz‑Albrecht‑Terrain in Berlin, where major Nazi headquarters were located.
Rather than a single continuous narrative, the book works as a high‑density reference: it explains structures and chains of command and shows how persecution and terror were implemented through everyday bureaucratic routines. Photographs, facsimiles and concise explanatory texts help the reader understand the language, the paperwork and the “normalised” procedures that enabled deportations, forced labour and mass murder.
For students, teachers and engaged readers of World War II history, Holocaust studies, German history and memory culture, this is especially valuable because it connects a real urban site to the history of perpetrators, making the mechanisms of power visible and concrete.
If you want a serious, museum‑quality book – useful for study, teaching or a history library – this copy is a smart buy. It is also a strong collector’s item in Portugal, where English‑language documentation editions like this are not common on the used market.
- Encadernação: Capa mole
- Ano: 1989
- Páginas: 237
- ISBN: 3-922912-25-7