books about the SD???help please

[Reader3000]

Can you recommend some (preferably German) books about the Siherheitsdienst of the SS (SD) ?

Thanks in advance.

[Svennie]

Jens Banach
"Heydrichs Elite"

Best regards
Sven

[Reader3000]

Thank you.

[spenc016]

I believe Banach's book has yet to be translated from the German.
I would recommend George Browder's "Hitler's Enforcers" (not the James Lucas book by the same title). And also, Browder's "Foundations of the Nazi Police State. They are both a bit pricey so look out for them at your used bookstore.
Cheers!
spenc016

[Svennie]

You might also find these titles interesting:

M(ichael). Wildt
Nachrichtendienst, politische Elite und Mordeinheit
Der Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsfuehrers SS
387 Seiten
25 EUR

F(riedrich). Wilhelm
Die Polizei in NS-Staat
Schonigh-Verlag, 288 Seiten
EUR 29

Sven

[smetanin albert]

Banach, Jens: Die Inspekteure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD 1936-1945. Hamburg 1985.
Banach, Jens: Heydrichs Vertreter im Feld: die Inspekteure, Kommandeure und Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei. 2000.

[J. Duncan]

Wildt's book mentioned above was translated into English as "An Uncompromising Generation: The Nazi Party Leadership Main Office"
Really good book.

[Jan-Hendrik]

Wildt's book mentioned above was translated into English as "An Uncompromising Generation: The Nazi Party Leadership Main Office"
Really good book.

No. It is the translation of

Generation des Unbedingten. Das Führungskorps des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes.


Jan-Hendrik

[J. Duncan]

Oops. Thanks for the correction. Yes, it
is a book on the RSHA, not SD. Sorry. I saw the author's name and made an assumption I shouldn't have.

[Boby]

It has been cut in half? The original German almost have 1.000 pages...

[steve248]

The Wildt translation is, as Boby writes, half the size of the German original. And therefore only half as good.
The same with the American (rather than English) translation of Danuta Czech "Kalendarium: Auschwitz", also chopped to half by translation.