The master plan : Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust

The Resource The master plan : Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust
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The master plan : Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust
Title remainder
Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust
Statement of responsibility
Heather Pringle
Title variation
master plan
Title variation remainder
Himmlers scholars and the Holocaust
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Language
eng
Summary
In 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose mission was to search around the world for proof of ancient Aryan conquests. But history was not their most important focus--rather, the Ahnenerbe was an essential part of the plan for the Final Solution. The findings were used to convince armies of SS men that they were entitled to slaughter Jews and other groups. Himmler also hoped to use the research as a blueprint for the breeding of a new Europe in a racially purer mold. This book, based on original research, including previously ignored archival material and interviews with living members of the institute, is an exposé of the work of German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be warped to justify extermination, and who directly participated in the slaughter--many of whom resumed their academic positions at war's end.--From publisher description
Award
BC Book Prizes, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, 2007.
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
323.143/09/043
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DD247.H46
LC item number
P75 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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