Himmler's auxiliaries : the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the German national minorities of Europe, 1933-1945 / Valdis O. Lumans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumans, Valdis O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Europe--History--20th century.

Germans.

World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lumans studies the relations between Nazi Germany and the German minority populations of other European countries, examining these ties within the context of Hitler's foreign policy and the racial policies of SS Chief Heinrich Himmler. He shows how the Reich's racial and political interests in these German minorities between 1933 and 1945 helped determine its behavior toward neighboring states.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. T

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Himmler and the Volksdeutsche; Himmler; The Volksdeutsche; 2 Founding the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle; The Gleichschaltung; The Büro Kursell; Arrival of Werner Lorenz; 3 Preresettlement VoMi; VoMi, Party, and State; Leadership; Personnel; The Berlin Headquarters; VoMi outside Berlin; 4 VoMi's Prewar Activities; Completing the Gleichschaltung; VoMi, Party, and State; Centralizing Volkstumsarbeit; 5 VoMi and the Minorities, I: The Southern and Eastern Borderlands; The Minorities and Hitler's Foreign Policy; Austria; Italy

CzechoslovakiaSlovakia; Lithuania and the Memelland; Poland; 6 VoMi and the Minorities, II: The Baltic, the Southeast, the West, and the Soviet Union; Estonia; Latvia; Rumania; Hungary; Yugoslavia; The West; North Schleswig; The Soviet Union; Volksdeutsche Overseas; 7 Wartime and Resettlement VoMi; The RKFDV; VoMi and the RKFDV; Personnel; The Reorganized Berlin Offices; Branch Offices and Field Units; SS Influence; 8 The Resettlement, I: Italy, the Baltic States, and Poland; Policy and Ideology; Italy; Estonia and Latvia; Eastern Poland; The Nachumsiedlung and Lithuania

9 The Resettlement, II: The Southeast, the West, and the Soviet UnionBessarabia and Northern Bukovina; The Rest of Rumania; Croatia and Slovenia; VoMi and the Slovenes; Bulgaria and Greece; France and Luxemburg; The Soviet Union; 10 The Resettlement, III: Home in the Reich; Germanizing the Lebensraum; The VoMi Camp System; The Processing; Camp Life; Final Settlement; VoMi and the Non-Germans; The VoMi Camps and the KZs; VoMi and the Final Solution; 11 The Minorities in the War Years: An Overview; VoMi's Authority; Volkstumsarbeit; The Volksdeutsche and the Waffen SS

12 VoMi and the Minorities, III: The War YearsSlovakia; Hungary; Rumania; Serbia-Banat; Croatia; North Schleswig; The Soviet Union; 13 Götterdämmerung; The Evacuation; Disintegration of VoMi; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890864673

9780807863114

0807863114

OCLC:

42329294