Overview

Between 1935 and 1940, the Nazis incorporated large portions of Europe into the German Reich. The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving anti-Jewish policies in the annexed territories and their impact on the Jewish population, as well as the attitudes and actions of non-Jews, Germans, and indigenous populations. They demonstrate that diverse anti-Jewish policies developed in the different territories, which in turn affected practices in other regions and even influenced Berlin’s decisions. Having these systematic studies together in one volume enables a comparison - based on the most recent research - between anti-Jewish policies in the areas annexed by the Nazi state. The results of this prizewinning book call into question the common assumption that one central plan for persecution extended across Nazi-occupied Europe, shifting the focus onto differing regional German initiatives and illuminating the cooperation of indigenous institutions.

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Author:   Wolf Gruner ,  Jörg Osterloh
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   20
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781782384434

ISBN 10:   178238443
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Wolf Gruner and Joerg Osterloh Chapter 1. Saar Region Gerhard J. Teschner Chapter 2. Austria Albert Lichtblau Chapter 3. Sudetenland Joerg Osterloh Chapter 4. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Wolf Gruner Chapter 5. Memel Territory Ruth Leiserowitz Chapter 6. Danzig-West Prussia Wolfgang Gippert Chapter 7. Wartheland Ingo Loose Chapter 8. Zichenau Andreas Schulz Chapter 9. East Upper Silesia Sybille Steinbacher Chapter 10. Eupen-Malmedy Christoph Brull Chapter 11. Luxembourg Marc Schoentgen Chapter 12. Alsace-Lorraine Jean-Marc Dreyfus Conclusion Wolf Gruner and Joerg Osterloh Review of the Literature and Research on the Individual Regions Wolf Gruner and Joerg Osterloh Glossary Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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This elegant volume explains how the unique demographic, economic, and social situation in each area annexed to the Third Reich played out in anti-Semitic policies. In some cases, such as Memel, Eupen-Malmedy, and Alsace, it offers the first overview of the persecution of Jews in a particular area. In other cases, such as Austria and East Upper Silesia, it presents a stellar overview of areas in which the Final Solution is already well-documented. But as the editors' introduction underscores, the real strength of the volume is that it examines the cases together. * Catherine Epstein, Amherst College

Author Information

Wolf Gruner is the Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies, Professor of History and Founding Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research at the University of Southern California. He is the author of eleven books, ten of them on the Holocaust, including Jewish Forced Labor under the Nazis (2006) and the prize-winning The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (English edition 2019, German original 2016).

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