Architects of annihilation : Auschwitz and the logic of destruction by Aly, Götz, 1947-, Heim, Susanne, 1955-; Blunden, A. G instant download

Architects of annihilation : Auschwitz and the logic of destruction by Aly, Götz, 1947-, Heim, Susanne, 1955-; Blunden, A. G instant download

378 pages ; 24 cm, \"For Hitler' thinkers - the young and career-minded demographers, geographers, economists, civil servants and academics in the service of the Third Reich - Europe was a drawing board on which to work out their grand designs. They were encouraged to rationalise production methods, standardise products, introduce an international division of labour, and modernise and simplify social structures. Ultimately this would lead to the sinister 'adjusting' of the ratio between what were perceived as 'productive' and 'unproductive' population groups.\" \"Architects of Annihilation is an investigation into the records left by these thinkers, tracing the period from the Crystal Night Pogrom of 1938 to the fully operating gas chambers in Auschwitz, 1942. During this time, the unthinkable technocratic solutions to the problems of an expanding wartime Germany were nevertheless thought and implemented.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378), 'Entjudung' : the systematic removal of Jews from Germany's social and economic life -- Looking to the east -- Demographic economics : the emergence of a new science -- War and resettlement -- Living life as a member of the master race -- The Government General : an exercise in German redevelopment -- 1940 : plans, experiments and lessons learned -- Interim reflection -- The economic exploitation of the ghettos -- 'Population surpluses' in the European trading area -- The war against the Soviet Union and the annihilation of 'X millions' of people -- The 'General Plan for the East' -- Conclusions