- Summary
- "1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often overlooked and shedding new light on how the Holocaust was realised"-- Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Promesse de l'Est. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Ingrao, Christian, author.
- Published
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019
©2019
- Locale
- Europe, Eastern
Soviet Union
Germany
Eastern Europe
Deutschland
Osteuropa
- Contents
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A nebula of institutions
Networks and trajectories of the men of the East
Osteinsatz: The journey to the East, a form of Nazi fervour
General planning for the East
At the school of fine arts
From one plan to the next? The Kammler sequence
The microcosms of radical policy: Zamojszczyzna
The politics of the laboratory
The nightmare: From the ethnic domino effect to the flames of despair.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Brown, Andrew (Literary translator), translator.
- Notes
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"First published in French as La Promesse de L'Est. Espérance nazie et génocide, 1939-1943 © Éditions du Seuil, 2016"-- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A nebula of institutions -- Networks and trajectories of the men of the East -- Osteinsatz: The journey to the East, a form of Nazi fervour -- General planning for the East -- At the school of fine arts -- From one plan to the next? The Kammler sequence -- The microcosms of radical policy: Zamojszczyzna -- The politics of the laboratory -- The nightmare: From the ethnic domino effect to the flames of despair.
Translated from the French.
