- Summary
- "The Nazi invasion of Poland was the first step in an unremittingly brutal occupation, one most infamously represented by the network of death camps constructed on Polish soil. The systematic murder of Jews in the camps has understandably been the focus of much historical attention. Less well-remembered today is the fate of millions of non-Jewish Polish civilians, who-when they were not expelled from their homeland or forced into slave labor-were murdered in vast numbers both within and outside of the camps. Drawing on both German and Polish sources, In the Shadow of Auschwitz gives a definitive account of the depredations inflicted upon Polish society, tracing the ruthless implementation of a racial ideology that cast ethnic Poles as an inferior race"-- Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Im Schatten von Auschwitz: Deutsche Massaker an polnischen Zivilisten 1939-1945 german
- Variant Title
- German massacres against Polish civilians, 1939-1945
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Brewing, Daniel, author.
- Published
- New York : Berghahn, 2022
©2022
- Locale
- Poland
Pologne
- Edition
- English-language edition
- Contents
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Part I. The Setting of Massacres: Prehistory, Enemy Constructs and the Order of Violence
Continuities and Ruptures: Germans and Poles before 1939
Occupation as a Framework for Action: Ideology, Politics and Violence
Part II. 'Polish Bands': War, Occupation Policy and the Logic of Massacres
Beyond the Border: The War in September 1939
Initiation and Practice: 'Hubal' and the Beginnings of Counter-Partisan Operations
Removal of Constraints: Fighting Partisans through a 'Small-Scale War' in 1942
Losing Control: Escalating Crisis and the Dynamics of Violence in 1943
Authority Amid the Death Throes: The Final Phase of German Rule, 1944-1945
Transfer and Culmination: The Quelling of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944
Part III. Coming to Terms with the Past after 1945
Extradition and Punishment: Poland, the Allies and German Perpetrators
Prosecution and Suppression: Massacres and German Justice.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Skinner, Alex, translator.
- Notes
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"Originally published in German as: Im Schatten von Auschwitz: Deutsche Massaker an polnischen Zivilisten 1939-1945."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-339) and index.
Part I. The Setting of Massacres: Prehistory, Enemy Constructs and the Order of Violence -- Continuities and Ruptures: Germans and Poles before 1939 -- Occupation as a Framework for Action: Ideology, Politics and Violence -- Part II. 'Polish Bands': War, Occupation Policy and the Logic of Massacres -- Beyond the Border: The War in September 1939 -- Initiation and Practice: 'Hubal' and the Beginnings of Counter-Partisan Operations -- Removal of Constraints: Fighting Partisans through a 'Small-Scale War' in 1942 -- Losing Control: Escalating Crisis and the Dynamics of Violence in 1943 -- Authority Amid the Death Throes: The Final Phase of German Rule, 1944-1945 -- Transfer and Culmination: The Quelling of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 -- Part III. Coming to Terms with the Past after 1945 -- Extradition and Punishment: Poland, the Allies and German Perpetrators -- Prosecution and Suppression: Massacres and German Justice.
