Before Auschwitz : Jewish Prisoners in the Prewar Concentration Camps / Kim Wünschmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wünschmann, Kim, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi concentration camps--Germany--History--20th century.

Nazi concentration camps.

Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.

Jews.

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

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.) : 19 halftones, 1 map, 5 tables

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Nazis began detaining Jews in camps as soon as they came to power in 1933. Kim Wünschmann reveals the origin of these extralegal detention sites, the harsh treatment Jews received there, and the message the camps sent to Germans: that Jews were enemies of the state, dangerous to associate with and fair game for acts of intimidation and violence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. In the Beginning There Was Violence: “Protective Custody” and Arrests of Jews, 1933–1934

2. Inside the Early Concentration Camps: Abuse, Isolation, and Murder of Jews, 1933–1934

3. Her Transport to the Concentration Camp Has Been Ordered: Arrests and Imprisonment of Jewish Women, 1933–1939

4. Cementing the Enemy Category: Jews in the Evolving SS Concentration Camp System, 1935–1938

5. Instruments of Mass Persecution: The Concentration Camps and Anti-Jewish Policy in 1938

6. The Calm after the Storm? Jews in the Concentration Camps in 1939

Conclusion

Appendix: SS Ranks and U.S. Army Equivalents

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Feb 2021)

ISBN:

9780674425569

OCLC:

904398276