| Authors: |
Weale, Adrian.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany.
National Socialism.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Waffen-SS -- History.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.Schutzstaffel.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : NAL Caliber, 2012, c2010. |
| Description: |
xiii, 459 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780451237910 0451237919 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: |
The defeat of Wilhelmine Germany and the origins of the National Socialist Party -- The rebirth of national socialism and the creation of the SS -- Heinrich Himmler -- A new broom -- Taking control -- Consolidation -- Dachau and the establishment of the concentration camps -- The central organisation of the SS -- The Race and Settlement Office -- The SD--the intelligence and security wing of the SS -- The path to genocide -- Euthanasia and the beginning of mass murder -- Origins of the Waffen-SS -- Militarising the "political soldiers" -- Expansion of the militarised SS -- The invasion of Poland and the special task groups -- The SS and the Polish Jews -- Gottlob Berger and the creation of the Waffen-SS -- Making up the numbers: foreign volunteers and criminals in the Waffen-SS -- The Waffen-SS heads east -- Operation Barbarossa and the first and second sweeps -- The Wannsee conference -- The extermination camps -- Auschwitz -- The final act -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Table of comparative military ranks. |