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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man

audiobook Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore in History

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On November 7; 1938; a Jewish teenager; Herschel Grynszpan; fatally shot a German diplomat in Paris. Within three days anti-Jewish violence erupted throughout Germany; initially incited by local Nazi officials; and ultimately sanctioned by the decisions of Hitler and Goebbels at the pinnacle of the Third Reich. As synagogues burned and Jews were beaten in the streets; police stood aside. Men; women; and children—many neighbors of the victims—participated enthusiastically in acts of violence; rituals of humiliation; and looting. By the night of November 10; a nationwide antisemitic pogrom had inflicted massive destruction on synagogues; Jewish schools; and Jewish-owned businesses. During and after this spasm of violence and plunder; 30;000 Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps; where hundreds would perish in the following months. Kristallnacht revealed to the world the intent and extent of Nazi Judeophobia. However; it was seen essentially as the work of the Nazi leadership. Now; Alan Steinweis counters that view in his vision of Kristallnacht as a veritable pogrom—a popular cathartic convulsion of antisemitic violence that was manipulated from above but executed from below by large numbers of ordinary Germans rioting in the streets; heckling and taunting Jews; cheering Stormtroopers' hostility; and looting Jewish property on a massive scale. Based on original research in the trials of the pogrom's perpetrators and the testimonies of its Jewish survivors; Steinweis brings to light the evidence of mob action by all sectors of the civilian population. Kristallnacht 1938 reveals the true depth and nature of popular antisemitism in Nazi Germany on the eve of the Holocaust.


#1515538 in Books Harvard University Press 2008-04-30 2008-03-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 1.35 x 6.44 x 9.18l; 2.13 #File Name: 0674029712720 pages


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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Dunkirk Fight to the Last ManBy Christopher F. NelsonGreat book on one of the critical battles in the early war.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. An illuminating and thought provoking readBy David SinclairI thoroughly enjoyed this book which blended history with many personal touches. However; I do not accept that it is an appropriate book for kindle because one cannot access the many notes and maps referred to at particular places in the book. This is a pity as these references do much to illuminate the text.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. To the Las ManBy Gordon JonesExtremly complete and very well-researched.

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