Eradicating differences : the treatment of minorities in Nazi-dominated Europe / edited by Anton Weiss Wendt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss-Wendt, Anton, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Europe--History--20th century.

Minorities.

National socialism--Europe--History--20th century.

National socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Other Title:

Treatment of minorities in Nazi-dominated Europe

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The eleven essays that comprise this book offer an integrated perspective on Nazi policies of mass murder. Drawing heavily on primary sources from European and American archives, the collection of essays provides novel interpretations of Nazi policies vis-à-vis ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities in the German-occupied territories, specifically Eastern Europe. The essays printed in this volume advance two main theses, drawing a line under the Functionalist-Intentionalist debate regarding...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; NAZI PERSECUTION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; THE NAZI PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES; HITLER'S STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE AGAINST SLAVS; GORALENVOLK; LOOKING EAST OR LOOKING SOUTH?; THE CIVIL WARS IN THE SOVIET WESTERN BORDERLANDS, 1941-1945; A MULTIPRONGED ATTACK; GENOCIDE AND ETHNOCIDE; THE CAMPAIGN "JEWS-LICE-TYPHUS" AS AN EXAMPLE OF POLISH PARTICIPATION IN NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA; THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SURVIVORS; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-4438-2449-6

OCLC:

823720821