The dark heart of Hitler's Europe : Nazi rule in Poland under the general government /

After the German and Soviet attack on Poland in 1939, vast swathes of Polish territory, including Warsaw and Krakow, fell under Nazi occupation in an administration which became known as the 'General Government'. The region was not directly incorporated into the Reich but was ruled by a Ge...

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Author / Creator: Winstone, Martin.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 'The Wild East'
  • 'The Devil's work' : origins
  • 'Gangster Gau' : the regime
  • 'Gentlemen, we are not murderers' : early measures
  • 'Something big is coming' : Barbarossa
  • 'The second war' : everyday life
  • 'That accursed year ': Aktion Reinhard
  • 'The crying of the children' : ethnic cleansing
  • 'The blood of fighting Poland' : resistance
  • 'Herr Roosevelt's list' : collapse
  • Epilogue: 'A study of human madness.'