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035			_a(OCoLC)881664343
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100	1		_aWilliams, Max, _eauthor.
111		0	_923772 _aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
245	1	0	_aHeinrich Himmler : _ba photo history of the Reichsfuhrer-SS / _cMax Williams.
260			_bFonthill Media _c2014.
300			_a768 pages : _billustrations, photographs ; _c26 cm.
505	0		_aAcknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler-The Early Years -- 2. Reichsfuhrer-SS -- 3. The Spectre of Racial Purity -- 4. Expansionist Policies -- 5. Into the Abyss -- 6. War in the West -- 7. Barbarossa -- 8. The Auschwitz Factory -- 9. Rebellion -- 10. Posen -- 11. Warlord -- 12. The Lost Soul -- 13. The Curtain Falls -- Bibliography & Sources -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms -- Appendix 2: Comparison of Officer Ranks
520			_aI was following orders. The answer most commonly quoted by SS men accused of atrocious crimes after Germany had surrendered in 1945. But who gave those orders? Who was the mastermind behind the sophisticated machinery which allowed men from normal family backgrounds to kill on such a scale? The right man at the right time, fate steered Heinrich Himmler to take control of an organisation destined to carry out Hitler's racial policies. This study not only sets out in detail how Heinrich Himmler's daily routine allowed him to implement Nazi strategy, but it also provides illustrations of the man behind much of it, both at work and at home. Of all the personalities of history demonized by post-war writers, Heinrich Himmler ranks among the most reviled. His legacy is one of hatred, violence and cold blooded murder on a vast scale. A Jekyll and Hyde character, variously described by his generation and those who followed as charming, loyal, polite, a pedant, an eccentric, an organizational genius, a fool, a desk killer and a loving father. The camera allows us into his world, albeit temporarily, and we can equate his busy, but mostly mundane schedule with contemporary images frozen in time. What makes this book unique is the astonishing amount of photographic material, following Himmler on his day to day routine. It is a must read for anyone interested in the enigmatic man and the operations of the Third Reich.
600	1	0	_aHimmler, Heinrich, _d1900-1945.
610	2	0	_aNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. _bSchutzstaffel.
650		0	_aNazis _zGermany _vBiography.
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