The Participants: The Men of the Wannsee Conference Contributor(s): Jasch, Hans-Christian (Editor), Kreutzmüller, Christoph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1785336339 ISBN-13: 9781785336331 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $141.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 2017017956 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 354 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: On 20 January 1942, fifteen senior German government officials attended a short meeting in Berlin to discuss the deportation and murder of the Jews of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite lasting less than two hours, the Wannsee Conference is today understood as a signal episode in the history of the Holocaust, exemplifying the labor division and bureaucratization that made the "Final Solution" possible. Yet while the conference itself has been exhaustively researched, many of its attendees remain relatively obscure. Combining accessible prose with scholarly rigor, The Participants presents fascinating profiles of the all-too-human men who implemented some of the most inhuman acts in history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jasch, Hans-Christian: - Hans-Christian Jasch is the Executive Director of the Memorial and Educational Site of the Wannsee Conference. He has authored the definitive study, published in 2012, of Wilhelm Stuckart, state secretary in the Reich Interior Ministry, and the role of the civil service in Jewish policy. Kreutzmuller Christoph: -Christoph Kreutzmüller is a curator at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Before joining the museum he coordinated two extensive research projects on the fate of Jewish-owned businesses in Berlin during the Third Reich and on Jews in Berlin from 1918 to 1938 at Humboldt University of Berlin. His acclaimed study Final Sale in Berlin: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity 1930-1945 was published in 2015 by Berghahn Books. |