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The Dark Heart of Hitler's Europe - Nazi Rule in Poland Under the General Government (Paperback)
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The Dark Heart of Hitler's Europe - Nazi Rule in Poland Under the General Government (Paperback)
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After the German attack on Poland in 1939, vast swathes of Polish
territory, including Warsaw and Krakow, were occupied by the Nazis
in an administration which became known as the 'General
Government'. The region was not directly incorporated into the
Third Reich but was ruled by a German regime, headed by the brutal
and corrupt Governor General Hans Frank. This was indeed the dark
heart of Hitler's empire. As the first genuine Nazi colony, the
General Government became the principal 'racial laboratory' of the
Third Reich. As such, it was the site, and main source of victims,
of Aktion Reinhard, the largest killing operation in human history
in which at least 1.7 million Jews were murdered in just 18 months,
and of a campaign of terror, exploitation and ultimately ethnic
cleansing against the Polish population which was intended to serve
as a template for the rest of eastern Europe. It was a place where
42,000 people could be shot in two days, where thousands of
children could be abducted from their families, never to see their
homeland again, and where guidebooks could invite German tourists
to enjoy the culture and nightlife of cities that were 'now free of
Jews'. This book provides a thorough history of the Nazi occupation
regime and the experiences of the Poles, Jews and others who were
trapped in its clutches. Employing sources ranging from diaries and
testimony to previously underused material such as travel guides
and poetry, Martin Winstone provides a unique insight into the
occupation regime which dominated much of Poland during World War
II with such disastrous consequences.
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