Himmler's Auxiliaries: The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the German National Minorities of Europe, 1933-1945

by Valdis O. Lumans

Overview

Lumans studies the relations between Nazi Germany and the German minority populations of other European countries, examining these ties within the context of Hitler's foreign policy and the racial policies of SS Chief Heinrich Himmler. He shows how the Reich's racial and political interests in these German minorities between 1933 and 1945 helped determine its behavior toward neighboring states.

Originally published in 1993.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807865644
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Edition description:	1
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This carefully researched well-written volume . . . is the only comprehensive volume on the subject available in any language . . . [and] provides additional documentation for the organizational chaos that passed for governance in the Third Reich.—German Studies Review



An informative and readable addition to the literature on Nazi racism.—German History



A significant contribution to our understanding of how the ethnic German communities outside the Reich were perceived, supported, and manipulated by German governments in both the Weimar and National Socialist periods.—Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., author of Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division



The first extended study of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, this book is based on a wide array of primary sources. Lumans helps to explain the politics of bureaucracy in Nazi Germany and provides essential historical background for an examination of ethnic antagonisms which continue to plague Eastern Europe.—Richard Breitman, author of German Socialism and Weimar Democracy

Editorial Reviews

"A significant contribution to our understanding of how the ethnic German communities outside the Reich were perceived, supported, and manipulated by German governments in both the Weimar and National Socialist periods."--Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., author of "Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division"

"An informative and readable addition to the literature on Nazi racism."--"German History"

"The first extended study of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, this book is based on a wide array of primary sources. Lumans helps to explain the politics of bureaucracy in Nazi Germany and provides essential historical background for an examination of ethnic antagonisms which continue to plague Eastern Europe."--Richard Breitman, author of "German Socialism and Weimar Democracy"

"This carefully researched well-written volume . . . is the only comprehensive volume on the subject available in any language . . . [and] provides additional documentation for the organizational chaos that passed for governance in the Third Reich."--"German Studies Review"

From the Publisher