Masters of death

Masters of death: the SS-Einsatzgruppen and the invention of the Holocaust

by Rhodes, Richard

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"In Masters of Death, Richard Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the part played by the Einsatzgruppen - the professional killing squads deployed in Poland and the Soviet Union, early in World War II, by Himmler's SS. And he shows how these squads were utilized as the Nazis made two separate plans for dealing with the civilian populations they wanted to destroy." "Drawing on Nuremberg Tribunal documents largely ignored until now, and on newly available material from eyewitnesses a…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Masters of death : the SS-Einsatzgruppen and the invention of the Holocaust / Richard Rhodes.

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"In Masters of Death, Richard Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the part played by the Einsatzgruppen - the professional killing squads deployed in Poland and the Soviet Union, early in World War II, by Himmler's SS. And he shows how these squads were utilized as the Nazis made two separate plans for dealing with the civilian populations they wanted to destroy." "Drawing on Nuremberg Tribunal documents largely ignored until now, and on newly available material from eyewitnesses and survivors, Richard Rhodes has given us a book that is essential reading on the Holocaust the World War II."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2003.
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Vintage
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0375708227, 9780375708220
  • oclc:ocn223204746
  • LC Classification:D804.3
  • Dewey Decimal:940.53/18

Table of Contents

pt. 1. The War in the East -- 1. Eastward from Pretzsch -- 2. Vicious Circles -- 3. Barbarossa -- 4. Across the Pale -- 5. Truehearted Heinrich I -- 6. Truehearted Heinrich II -- 7. Extermination -- pt. 2. "Seven Departments of Hell" -- 8. Dirty Work -- 9. "All Jews, of All Ages" -- 10. Lords of Life and Death -- 11. Babi Yar -- 12. Pure Murder -- 13. Rumbula -- 14. Nerves -- 15. Final Solution -- 16. Judenfrei -- 17. "Cinders Flying in the Wind."

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Subjects

Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1933-1945 Einsatzgruppen Germany Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service s… History Holocaust Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Soviet… Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Pologne Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- URSS Judenvernichtung Mniejszości narodowe -- 1939-1945 r. --… Mniejszości narodowe -- 1939-1945 r. --… Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeite… Poland Russlandfeldzug Secret service Służba bezpieczeństwa -- 1933-1945 r. -… Soviet Union

Writers

Rhodes, Richard

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