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Birds of prey : Hitler's Luftwaffe, ordinary soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland /

Birds of Prey is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Białowieźa Forest, Poland's national park. The narrative stretches from Göring's palatial lifestyle to the common soldier on the ground killing Jews, partisans, and civilians. Based entirely on previously unpublished sources, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blood, Philip W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Stuttgart] : Ibidem Verlag, [2021]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Diagrams
  • List of Maps
  • List of Images
  • Abbreviations and Glossary
  • 1942
  • Excursions in Microhistory
  • An Aide-Mémoire: Reading Maps Like German soldiers
  • 1. The Ogre of Rominten
  • 2. The Conquest of Wilderness
  • 3. Grossdeutschland
  • 4. Bandenbekämpfung in the 'Home Forces Area'
  • 5. The Białowieźa Partisans
  • 6. Population Engineering
  • 7. Judenjagd
  • 8. German Soldiers and Bandenbekämpfung
  • 9. 1943
  • 10. Göring's Hunter Killers
  • 11. Bandenjagd
  • 12. 1944: Retreat
  • Conclusion: Memories of a Never Happened History
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: German Ranks
  • Appendix 2: Luftwaffe Soldiers