Occupation in the East: The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 1939-1944 / Edition 1

by Stephan Lehnstaedt

Overview

Following their occupation by the Third Reich, Warsaw and Minsk became home to tens of thousands of Germans. In this exhaustive study, Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced, eye-opening portrait of the lives of these men and women, who constituted a surprisingly diverse population—including everyone from SS officers to civil servants, as well as ethnically German city residents—united in its self-conception as a “master race.” Even as they acclimated to the daily routines and tedium of life in the East, many Germans engaged in acts of shocking brutality against Poles, Belarusians, and Jews, while social conditions became increasingly conducive to systematic mass murder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785333231
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Stephan Lehnstaedt is Professor for Holocaust Studies and Jewish Studies at Touro College Berlin. After receiving his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, he worked at the German Historical Institute Warsaw and taught at Humboldt University Berlin and the London School of Economics. For his research, he was awarded the medal “Powstania w Getcie Warszawskim” and the commander’s cross of the order “Missio Reconciliationis” in Poland.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chaprter 1. Germans on Duty in the East in Warsaw and Minsk
Chapter 2. Prescribed Daily Activities
Chapter 3. Transgression of Norms
Chapter 4. The Attitude of the “Overlords”
Chapter 5. Violence in Everyday Life: The German Occupiers and the Local Population

Conclusions

Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

“Lehnstaedt’s powerful work should inspire additional research… Highly Recommended.” · Choice

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