| Description |
xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series ; 14 |
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Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series ; 14
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| Contents |
1. Hitler, Himmler, and the SS -- 2. Plans for German Jews -- 3. Tannenberg -- 4. Racial Planning and Euthanasia -- 5. Racial Education and the Military -- 6. To Madagascar and Back -- 7. Toward the Final Solution -- 8. Cleansing the New Empire -- 9. Heydrich's Plan -- 10. Rivals into Collaborators -- 11. Wannsee and Beyond -- Epilogue: Himmler in Retrospect |
| Summary |
Drawing upon previously untapped primary sources - including Himmler's own appointment books and office logs - the author conclusively counters efforts to portray the Holocaust as unpremeditated, the result of bureaucratic improvisation under wartime constraints. Breitman thoroughly examines Heinrich Himmler's character and life and explores the racial ideology and planning that led to genocide. He finds Himmler and Hitler to be complementary figures: Hitler envisioned the Nazi policy toward the Jews, and Himmler, the master organizer who controlled the SS and security forces, turned it into horrific reality |
| Notes |
"Brandeis University Press." |
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-309) and index |
| Subject |
Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Nazis -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
92053857 |
| ISBN |
0874515963 |
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