Description:
- Details the various European states and territories annexed into the German Reich between the period of 1935 and 1940.
- Analyzes the diverse attitudes of non-Jews, Germans and indigenous populations.
- Challenges the common assumption that one unified movement ran through the territories.
- Highlights the diversity of regional German initiatiatives and illuminates the cooperation of indigenous institutions.
Brief description:
Jörg Osterloh is a research fellow at the Fritz Bauer Institute and teaches contemporary history at Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His numerous publications include Nationalsozialistische Judenverfolgung im Reichsgau Sudetenland 1938-1945 (2006) and the co-authored study Flick: Der Konzern, die Familie, die Macht (2009)
Review Quotes:
"This translation of a prizewinning monograph by a major Holocaust scholar breaks new historical ground in several ways. Based on an exceptional number of archival and secondary sources-including materials seen for the first time-this volume by Gruner (Univ. of Southern California) adds important new details to knowledge of the decimation of Czech Jewry during WW II... Extensive footnotes, a full bibliography, and six statistical tables add to the book's value, and its clear organization and lucid text are further supplemented by photographs, charts, and maps...Highly Recommended." - Choice
"This anthology offers a most welcome compendium on the persecution of Jews in the annexed territories of the German Empire...A great advantage of the volume is the future lines of inquiry it opens. A very helpful conclusion of the volume outlines many of these...[like, for instance] how the persecution of Jews play out in respect to ethnic and national identities. People looking for these and many otheranswers are advised to make use of this wonderful volume." - Modern Jewish Studies
"[This volume] is somewhat more than the usual edited collection of essays. The authors were requested to structure their contributions to a strict pattern, with each chapter organized into three sections: preannexation history; the initial German occupation; and the integration of the territories into the Reich. Each has a useful map...This systematic approach ensures clarity and allows useful comparisons." - Journal of Modern History
"Much remains to be learned about the Holocaust in the occupied regions, but this collection helps fill the gap." - Holocaust and Genocide Studies
"This elegant volume explains how the unique demographic, economic, and social situation in each area annexed to the Third Reich played out in anti-Semitic policies. In some cases, such as Memel, Eupen-Malmedy, and Alsace, it offers the first overview of the persecution of Jews in a particular area. In other cases, such as Austria and East Upper Silesia, it presents a stellar overview of areas in which the Final Solution is already well-documented. But as the editors' introduction underscores, the real strength of the volume is that it examines the cases together." - Catherine Epstein, Amherst College