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Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America

audiobook Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America by Jennifer L. Anderson in History

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On October 10; 1941; the entire Jewish population of the Belarusian village of Krucha was rounded up and shot. While Nazi death squads routinely carried out mass executions on the Eastern Front; this particular atrocity was not the work of the SS but was committed by a regular German army unit acting on its own initiative. Marching into Darkness is a bone-chilling exposé of the ordinary footsoldiers who participated in the Final Solution on a daily basis.Although scholars have exploded the myth that the Wehrmacht played no significant part in the Holocaust; a concrete picture of its involvement at the local level has been lacking. Among the crimes Waitman Wade Beorn unearths are forced labor; sexual violence; and graverobbing; though a few soldiers refused to participate and even helped Jews. By meticulously reconstructing the German army's activities in Belarus in 1941; Marching into Darkness reveals in stark detail how the army willingly fulfilled its role as an agent of murder on a massive scale. Early efforts at improvised extermination progressively became much more methodical; with some army units going so far as to organize "Jew hunts." Beorn also demonstrates how the Wehrmacht used the pretense of anti-partisan warfare as a subterfuge by reporting murdered Jews as partisans.Through archival research into military and legal records; survivor testimonies; and eyewitness interviews; Beorn paints a searing portrait of a professional army's descent into ever more intimate participation in genocide.


#689595 in Books 2015-05-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.20 x 1.10 x 5.50l; .0 #File Name: 0674503821432 pages


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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy HumFascinating history; revealed well.1 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Think rich!By Wanda LegendA fabulous book for any lover of fine furniture and finery!

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