Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 241 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781316550731
,
9781107146341
,
9781316601426
Content:
In this pioneering biography of a frontline Holocaust perpetrator, Alex J. Kay uncovers the life of SS Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Filbert, responsible as the first head of SS-Einsatzkommando 9, a mobile killing squad, for the murder of more than 18,000 Soviet Jews - men, women and children - on the Eastern Front. He reveals how Filbert, following the political imprisonment of his older brother, set out to prove his own ideological allegiance by displaying particular radicalism in implementing the orders issued by Hitler, Himmler and Heydrich. He also examines Filbert's post-war experiences, first in hiding and then being captured, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. Released early, Filbert went on to feature in a controversial film in the lead role of an SS mass murderer. The book provides compelling new insights into the mindset and motivations of the men, like Filbert, who rose through the ranks of the Nazi regime.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107146341
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107146341
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Filbert, Alfred 1905-1990
;
SS
;
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316550731
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
