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'This remarkable book fills an enormous gap in our knowledge of the Second World War, by focusing on an area utterly unlike any other in occupied Europe in which the Nazis tested their demented economic, social and racial theories. Martin Winstone illustrates this gruesome tale with harrowing detail but maintains a crisp pace, a detachment and a nice sense of irony which help to make it a real page-turner.' - Adam Zamoyski 'An excellent book, impossible to put down, brilliantly written and very well documented' - Professor Jan T. Gross, Princeton University From its indeterminate origins the General Government was a chaotic, lawless place characterized by corruption and ultimately pockmarked by mass graves filled with victims of the greatest mass murder in history. In this first English-language study of the region Martin Winstone brings clarity to a neglected chapter of Polish history and the fate of the Jews. Lucid, balanced, but suffused with humanity it draws on a multitude of sources, in Polish and German, to give mass suffering a human face. Winstone also locates the destiny of this tragic place in the domestic politics of the Third Reich and the rivalries of the wartime allies. It is a major achievement and deserves a readership well beyond the students and scholars to whom it will be invaluable.' -David Cesarani, Research Professor in History, Royal Holloway, University of London

A perceptive account of one of the darkest periods in human history... this book deserves a wide readership, and should be considered vital in shaping our understanding of the brutal realities of Nazi ideology and the unrelenting horror of the Holocaust. -- Jonathan Eaton * Military History *

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Martin Winstone is Senior Historical Advisor for the Holocaust Educational Trust, UK. He is the author of The Holocaust Sites of Europe: An Historical Guide (Bloomsbury Academic, 2nd Edition, 2014).

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