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The SS, alibi of a nation, 1922-1945.

Title: The SS, alibi of a nation, 1922-1945.
Author: Reitlinger, Gerald, 1900-1979
Publication: London, Heinemann [1956]

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xi, 502 p. illus., ports., maps.; 23 cm.

Summary

Discusses the activities of the SS and its head, Heinrich Himmler. Ch. 10 (p. 253-288), "The SS State", focuses on the concentration camps, which Himmler viewed initially as reformatory schools, but later as death factories. Pp. 277-288 discuss the establishment of extermination camps to carry out the Final Solution, particularly the mass murders at Auschwitz and the role of its commandant, Rudolf H̲ss. Ch. 13 (p. 348-380), "Rebellion in Eastern Europe", discusses, inter alia, the roles of Edmund Veesenmayer and Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Hungary's Jews; the extermination of most of the deportees, although they were supposed to be used to build underground factories; and efforts to barter for the lives of the Jews, which were made with Himmler's knowledge.

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Bibliography: p. [455]-460.

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^^^57000455^

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2516820
SCSB-11648259

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Harvard Library