Hitler's hangman : the life of Heydrich / Robert Gerwarth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerwarth, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942.

Heydrich, Reinhard.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel--Biography.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Nazis--Biography.

Nazis.

Czechoslovakia--Politics and government--1938-1945.

Czechoslovakia.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to his assassination in Prague in 1942, he was widely seen as one of the most dangerous men in Nazi Germany. Yet Heydrich has received remarkably modest attention in the extensive literature of the Third Reich.Robert Gerwarth weaves together little-known stories of Heydrich's private life with his deeds as head of the Nazi Reich Security Main Office. Fully exploring Heydrich's progression from a privileged middle-class youth to a rapacious mass murderer, Gerwarth sheds new light on the complexity of Heydrich's adult character, his motivations, the incremental steps that led to unimaginable atrocities, and the consequences of his murderous efforts toward re-creating the entire ethnic makeup of Europe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Preface

Introduction

I. Death in Prague

II. Young Reinhard

III. Becoming Heydrich

IV. Fighting the Enemies of the Reich

V. Rehearsals for War

VI. Experiments with Mass Murder

VII. At War with the World

VIII. Reich Protector

IX. Legacies of Destruction

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613331755

9781283331753

1283331756

9780300177466

0300177461

OCLC:

1024018471