LEADER 03367nam 2200421 450 001 9910824966203321 005 20220620095806.0 010 $a3-8382-7567-5 035 $a(CKB)4940000000612010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6729536 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6729536 035 $a(OCoLC)1272994670 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000612010 100 $a20220620d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBirds of prey $eHitler's Luftwaffe, ordinary soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland /$fPhilip W. Blood 210 1$aStuttgart :$cIbidem Verlag,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (487 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Diagrams -- List of Maps -- List of Images -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- 1942 -- Excursions in Microhistory -- An Aide-Mémoire: Reading Maps Like German soldiers -- 1. The Ogre of Rominten -- 2. The Conquest of Wilderness -- 3. Grossdeutschland -- 4. Bandenbekämpfung in the 'Home Forces Area' -- 5. The Bia?owie?a Partisans -- 6. Population Engineering -- 7. Judenjagd -- 8. German Soldiers and Bandenbekämpfung -- 9. 1943 -- 10. Göring's Hunter Killers -- 11. Bandenjagd -- 12. 1944: Retreat -- Conclusion: Memories of a Never Happened History -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: German Ranks -- Appendix 2: Luftwaffe Soldiers -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 330 $aBirds of Prey is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Bia?owie?a Forest, Poland's national park. The narrative stretches from Göring's palatial lifestyle to the common soldier on the ground killing Jews, partisans, and civilians. Based entirely on previously unpublished sources, the book is the synthesis of six areas of research: Hitler's Luftwaffe, the hunt and environmental history, military geography, Colonialism and Nazi Lebensraum, the Holocaust, and the war in the East. By weaving together a narrative about Hermann Göring, his inner circle, and ordinary soldiers, the book reveals the Nazi ambition to draw together East Prussia, the Bialystok region, and Ukraine into a common eastern frontier of the Greater German state, revealing how the Luftwaffe, the German hunt, and the state forestry were institutional perpetrators of Lebensraum and genocide. Up until now the Luftwaffe had not been identified in specific acts of genocide or placed at large scale killings of Jews, civilians, and partisans. This gap in the historical record had been facilitated by the destruction of the Luftwaffe's records in 1945. Through a forensic and painstaking process of piecing together scraps of evidence over two decades, and utilizing Geographical Information System software, Philip W. Blood managed to decipher previously obscure reports and expose patterns of Nazi atrocities. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities 607 $aPoland$xHistory$yOccupation, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities. 676 $a943.8053 700 $aBlood$b Philip W.$01678769 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824966203321 996 $aBirds of prey$94046610 997 $aUNINA