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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792159703321

Autore

Matthäus Jürgen <1959->

Titolo

War, pacification, and mass murder, 1939 : the Einsatzgruppen in Poland / / Jürgen Matthäus, Jochen Böhler and Klaus-Michael Mallmann ; edited by the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, the Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau, and the Forschungsstelle Ludwigsburg der Universität Stuttgart ; advisory committee, Christopher R. Browning [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8108-9555-2

1-4422-3142-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Documenting Life and Destruction : Holocaust Sources in Context

Disciplina

940.53/1809438

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Poland

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland

Mass murder - Poland - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Introduction -- part II. Documents and context.

Sommario/riassunto

This invaluable work traces the role of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, the core group of Himmler's murder units involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question," during and immediately after the German campaign in Poland in 1939. With carefully selected primary sources contextualized by the authors' clear narrative, this work fills an important gap in our understanding of a crucial period in the evolution of policies directed against Jews, Poles, and others deemed dangerous or inferior by the Third Reich. Supplemented by maps and photographs, this book wil