Hitler's shadow war : the Holocaust and World War II /

Examines the entire history of Hitler's racial war, including the murderous role of the Wehrmacht in the extermination of Jews; Jewish resistance; and the role of German citizens as both enablers and witnesses.

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Main Author: McKale, Donald M., 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cooper Square Press : Distributed by National Book Network, 2002.
Edition:1st Cooper square press ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Germany and the rise of Hitler
  • 2. The Nazi revolution and German Jews, 1933
  • 3. The revolution ends? Between anti-Jewish violence and legislation, 1933-36
  • 4. Foreign aggression and the "Jewish question," 1936-38
  • 5. The final steps to war and intensification of Jewish persecution, 1938-39
  • 6. The beginning of racial war, 1939-40
  • 7. Expanding the racial war, 1940
  • 8. The racial war in the east, 1941
  • 9. Repercussions of the war and decision for the final solution
  • 10. The killing centers and deportations of Polish Jewry, 1942
  • 11. Attempted revolts, Auschwitz, and the beginning deportations of European Jewry, 1942
  • 12. Growing Jewish resistance and continued deportations, 1943
  • 13. Expansion of Auschwitz, Allied victories, and more deportations, 1943-44
  • 14. The final solution amid German defeat, 1944-45
  • 15. Bystanders: the world and the Holocaust, 1942-44
  • 16. Rescue, relief, and war crimes trials
  • 17. The perpetrators: types, motives, and the post-war era
  • 18. The victims: destruction, resistance, and memory
  • 19. Learning from the Holocaust.