The promise of the East : Nazi hopes and genocide, 1939-43 /

Between 1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often overlooked and...

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Main Author: Ingrao, Christian (Author)
Other Authors: Brown, Andrew (Literary translator) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, [2019]
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Summary:Between 1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often overlooked and shedding new light on how the Holocaust was realized.
Item Description:"First published in French as La Promesse de L'Est. Espérance nazie et génocide, 1939-1943 © Éditions du Seuil, 2016"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xx, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781509527755
1509527753