Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe
David Stahel author Alex J Kay author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:3rd Jul '18
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Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe argues for a more comprehensive understanding of what constitutes Nazi violence and who was affected by this violence. The works gathered consider sexual violence, food depravation, and forced labor as aspects of Nazi aggression. Contributors focus in particular on the Holocaust, the persecution of the Sinti and Roma, the eradication of "useless eaters" (psychiatric patients and Soviet prisoners of war), and the crimes of the Wehrmacht. The collection concludes with a consideration of memorialization and a comparison of Soviet and Nazi mass crimes. While it has been over 70 years since the fall of the Nazi regime, the full extent of the ways violence was used against prisoners of war and civilians is only now coming to be fully understood. Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe provides new insight into the scale of the violence suffered and brings fresh urgency to the need for a deeper understanding of this horrific moment in history.
Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe is an excellent work that makes a compelling argument for a more comprehensive study of Third Reich criminality, encompassing more than the Final Solution. It provides a very effective synopsis of the state of play of Holocaust-related research and the important work being done by international scholars in a number of less-explored fields.
-- Mark Montesclaros * H-War *A groundbreaking series of articles on German mass killing and violence during World War II
* New Books Network - Genocide *The volume features fascinating case studies that complicate our understanding of Nazi occupational policies or reinforce our growing appreciation of its messiness on the ground.
-- Katrin Paehler * European History Quarterly *For those who can stomach the descriptions of barbaric acts, Mass Violence in Nazi Europe provides the histories of victims who have been forgotten or erased from well-known narratives and resituates the understanding of Nazi terror as being exercised mainly in Eastern Europe. Kay and Stahel should be commended for taking on such an important volume.
-- Sanjana Rajagopal - Fordham University * Reading ReligiISBN: 9780253036810
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