{"product_id":"hitlers-bandit-hunters-the-ss-and-the-nazi-occupation-of-europe-9781597970211","title":"Hitler's Bandit Hunters: The SS and the Nazi Occupation of Europe","description":"In August 1942, Hitler directed all German state institutions to assist Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the SS and the German police, in eradicating armed resistance in the newly occupied territories of Eastern Europe and Russia. The directive for \"combating banditry\" \u003ci\u003e(Bandenbek mpfung), \u003c\/i\u003e became the third component of the Nazi regime's three-part strategy for German national security, with genocide \u003ci\u003e(Endl sung der Judenfrage\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"the Final Solution of the Jewish Question\") and slave labor (\u003ci\u003eErfassung\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"Registration of Persons to Hard Labor\") being the better-known others.An original and thought-provoking work grounded in extensive research in German archives, \u003ci\u003eHitler's Bandit Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on this counterinsurgency campaign, the anvil of Hitler's crusade for empire. \u003ci\u003eBandenbek mpfung\u003c\/i\u003e portrayed insurgents as political and racial bandits, criminalized to a greater degree than enemies of the state; moreover, violence against them was not constrained by the prevailing laws of warfare. Philip Blood explains how German forces embraced the \u003ci\u003eBandenbek mpfung\u003c\/i\u003e doctrine, demonstrating the equal culpability of both the SS police forces and the \"heroic\" Waffen-SS combat arm and shattering the contrived postwar distinctions between them. He challenges the traditional view of Himmler as an armchair general and bureaucrat, exposing him as the driving force behind one of the most successful security campaigns in history, and delves into the contentious issue of the complicity of ordinary German police, soldiers, and citizens, as well as the citizens of occupied territories, in these state-sponsored manhunts. This book provokes new debates on the Nazi terrorization of Europe, the blind acquiescence of many, and the courageous resistance of the few.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597970211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.36w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phillip W. Blood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661307605148,"sku":"9781597970211","price":38.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7dfc7123-5a0a-4a1f-8388-6e5caba9bae2.jpg?v=1603899124","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hitlers-bandit-hunters-the-ss-and-the-nazi-occupation-of-europe-9781597970211","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}