ISBN:
9780742557147
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0742557146
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 279 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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24 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Uniform Title:
War & genocide
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte
;
Antisemitismus
;
Geschichte
;
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Deutschland
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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World War (1939-1945)
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Germany / History / 1933-1945
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National socialism
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Antisemitism / Germany / History / 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Causes
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World War, 1939-1945 / Causes
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Antisemitism
;
National socialism
;
War / Causes
;
Germany
;
1900-1999
;
History
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Documents the historical, political, social, cultural, and military context of the Holocaust, discussing the persecution of the Jews, Gypsies, Soviet prisoners of war, and Polish citizens
Description / Table of Contents:
Preconditions: antisemitism, racism, and common prejudices in early-twentieth-century Europe -- Leadership and will: Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi ideology -- From revolution to routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938 -- Open aggression: in search of war, 1938-1939 -- Experiments in brutality, 1939-1940: war against Poland and the so-called euthanasia program -- Expansion and systematization: exporting war and terror, 1940-1941 -- The peak years of killing: 1942 and 1943 -- Death throes and killing frenzies, 1944-1945
Note:
Distributor from jacket flap
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Originally published under title: War & genocide
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