Rupert Butler (b. 1933) is a British author. He is the son of Lt.-Col. Patrick Richard Butler and Rhona Curzon (the daughter of Assheton Nathaniel Curzon).

Career

Butler's many books include ''Gestapo: The Truth Behind the Evil Legend'', which has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, German, and Danish. Among his other books are ''The Black Angels: A History of the Waffen SS'', ''Legions of Death: The Nazi Enslavement of Eastern Europe,'' and ''SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler: The History of the First SS Division 1933-45. '' Legions of Death is frequently employed by

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to support claims that the various confessions of Rudolph Hoess were obtained through torture. Butler's most recent books are on

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; "Stalin's Instruments of Terror", an illustrated account of the life of the Soviet dictator was published in 2006, and "Stalin's Secret War" (2010).Journalist Directory
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