Building A Nazi Europe: The Ss's Germanic Volunteers
by Martin R. Gutmann /
2017 / English / PDF
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In a compelling new study, Gutmann offers an in-depth examination
of the Swedish, Swiss and Danish men who worked and fought for the
SS, during the Second World War. Dispelling a host of myths
regarding foreign collaboration with Hitler's regime, it reveals
how these men were highly motivated to affect a National Socialist
revolution across North-Western or 'Germanic' Europe. Working
behind Berlin desks, they played a pivotal part in shaping the Nazi
New Order and actively participated in the regime's brutal
atrocities on the Eastern Front and on the streets of Western
Europe. The book argues that these men became a focal point for
infighting in the regime regarding the role of non-Germans in
National Socialism. Building a Nazi Europe sheds new light on
historical conceptions of fascism, collaboration, transnational
history and the holocaust.
In a compelling new study, Gutmann offers an in-depth examination
of the Swedish, Swiss and Danish men who worked and fought for the
SS, during the Second World War. Dispelling a host of myths
regarding foreign collaboration with Hitler's regime, it reveals
how these men were highly motivated to affect a National Socialist
revolution across North-Western or 'Germanic' Europe. Working
behind Berlin desks, they played a pivotal part in shaping the Nazi
New Order and actively participated in the regime's brutal
atrocities on the Eastern Front and on the streets of Western
Europe. The book argues that these men became a focal point for
infighting in the regime regarding the role of non-Germans in
National Socialism. Building a Nazi Europe sheds new light on
historical conceptions of fascism, collaboration, transnational
history and the holocaust.
