The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution

Richard Breitman

ISBN 10: 0874515963 / ISBN 13: 9780874515961

Editore: University Press Of New England Sep 1992, 1992

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Neuware - Drawing upon previously untapped primary sources - including Himmler's own appointment books and office logs - the author conclusively counters efforts to portray the Holocaust as unpremeditated, the result of bureaucratic improvisation under wartime constraints. Breitman thoroughly examines Heinrich Himmler's character and life and explores the racial ideology and planning that led to genocide. He finds Himmler and Hitler to be complementary figures: Hitler envisioned the Nazi policy toward the Jews, and Himmler, the master organizer who controlled the SS and security forces, turned it into horrific reality.

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• Titolo: The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution
• Editore: University Press Of New England Sep 1992
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0874515963
• ISBN 13: 9780874515961
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

Explores the life and character of Heinrich Himmler, and uses revelations about his racial ideology to refute arguments that the Holocaust was unpremeditated.

Informazioni sull?autore

RICHARD BREITMAN is the author or co-author of nine books and many articles in German history, U. S. history, and the Holocaust. Breitman teaches at American University and is editor of the journal Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He served as director of historical research for the Nazi War Criminal Records and Imperial Japanese Records Interagency Working Group, which helped to bring about declassification of more than eight million pages of U.S. government records under a 1998 law.