Violence and control in totalitarian states: a comparative analysis of the gestapo and the NKVD

Clemenzi, Marco (A.A. 2024/2025) Violence and control in totalitarian states: a comparative analysis of the gestapo and the NKVD. Tesi di Laurea in History of political institutions, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Lorenzo Castellani, pp. 45. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The Gestapo and the SD in the 1930s. The Weimar police and its transformations. The emerging of the Gestapo. Evaluating the Gestapo’s work. Sipo: merging criminal and political. SD: the SS security service. The NKVD: engine of Stalinist transformation. Historical evolution: the rise of revolutionary Cheka. Historical evolution: the years of the NEP and the GPU. Historical evolution: the OGPU takeover. Reformation of the NKVD. The fall of Yagoda and the Yezhovshchina. Order 00447 and the mass operations. The end of the mass operations and the rise of Beria. Comparing the Gestapo and the NKVD. Institutional role and competences. Methods of surveillance and control. Impact on regime stability. Scale of the operations. Extrajudicial powers. Relationship with the party. Relationship with the autocrat.

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Bibliografia: pp. 41-43.

Thesis Type: Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Politics: Philosophy and Economics (L-36)
Chair: History of political institutions
Thesis Supervisor: Castellani, Lorenzo
Academic Year: 2024/2025
Session: Autumn
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2026 13:42
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2026 13:42
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/45551

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