In the shadow of Auschwitz : German massacres against Polish civilians, 1939-1945 / Daniel Brewing ; translated by Alex Skinner.
"The Nazi invasion of Poland was the first step in an unremittingly brutal occupation, one most infamously represented by the network of death camps constructed on Polish soil. The systematic murder of Jews in the camps has understandably been the focus of much historical attention. Less well-r...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | Brewing, Daniel (Author) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Skinner, Alex (Translator) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2022. |
| Edition: | English-language edition |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033768485&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033768485&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033768485&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| Table of Contents |
|---|
| Part I. The Setting of Massacres: Prehistory, Enemy Constructs and the Order of Violence |
| Continuities and Ruptures: Germans and Poles before 1939 |
| Occupation as a Framework for Action: Ideology, Politics and Violence |
| Part II. 'Polish Bands': War, Occupation Policy and the Logic of Massacres |
| Beyond the Border: The War in September 1939 |
| Initiation and Practice: 'Hubal' and the Beginnings of Counter-Partisan Operations |
| Removal of Constraints: Fighting Partisans through a 'Small-Scale War' in 1942 |
| Losing Control: Escalating Crisis and the Dynamics of Violence in 1943 |
| Authority Amid the Death Throes: The Final Phase of German Rule, 1944-1945 |
| Transfer and Culmination: The Quelling of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 |
| Part III. Coming to Terms with the Past after 1945 |
| Extradition and Punishment: Poland, the Allies and German Perpetrators |
| Prosecution and Suppression: Massacres and German Justice |
