RB, Saturday, 21 February 1846

Browning, Robert W.; Karlin, Daniel

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“…Again, the Nazi leadership suspected that Russia's so-called Jewish-Bolshevik intelligentsia would encourage common folk to resist German forces, and so on 13 March 1941, Hitler tasked Himmler's SS with the elimination of these leaders. 122 If one reads a little between the lines here, because the Nazis closely associated Jews with Bolshevism, here Hitler was socially constructing the Jews-or at least the (apparent) Jewish Soviet leadership-into a population of criminals. And because, according to the dictates of Nazi ideology, Jews are genetically immutable, the only infallible and permanent means of eliminating this omnipotent crime problem was that it be exterminated.…”

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World War Two and Nazi Forays into the Killing of Civilians

Russell

2018

Understanding Willing Participants, Volume 2

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, the Wehrmacht invaded Poland, an act that initiated French and British declarations of war, and thus signaled the start of World War Two. With their massive numbers, superior weaponry, and Blitzkrieg tactics, the Wehrmacht quickly swept Polish defenders aside. Then, on 17 September, the Soviets attacked Poland from the east. As anticipated, the Polish civilian population fiercely resisted the Germans, typically in the form of sniper attacks. The Wehrmacht's usual wartime policy in dealing with civilian resistance was twofold. First, captured resisters were tried in a military court and if found guilty, executed. Second, if resisters evaded capture, community leaders were taken hostage and their lives threatened if the partisan activity continued. 1 However, on 3 September Himmler provided the German armed forces with a third and much swifter option: a shoot-to-kill authorization that allowed for the circumvention of a military trial. 2 Some members of the German armed forces interpreted the authorization as a right to kill whomever and whenever they wanted; indeed, this is what it was. Armed with such powers, sectors of the Einsatzgruppen occasionally engaged in mob-like violence, acts which greatly concerned the Wehrmacht Commander-in-Chief Walther von Brauchitsch. 3 Brauchitsch was so angry that on 21 September Himmler had to send Heydrich to personally smooth matters over with the powerful chief commander. Brauchitsch demanded one thing, the removal of Himmler's shoot-tokill order. In fear of having pushed influential figures in the Wehrmacht too far too soon, a few days later Himmler granted Brauchitsch's CHAPTER 3 World War Two and Nazi Forays into the Killing of Civilians

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World War Two and Nazi Forays into the Killing of Civilians

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2018

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“…Although most fans praised Lanza's voice, several emphasized other qualities: 'He seems to have such a joy for living and when he sings he can make you cry or he can make you feel the world is a wonderful place to live in', said one fan [69]. A rare male fan, Jack (Mario) Middleton, was equally entranced: '[H]is vocalisation of arias from well-known operas fills me with gladness I have never witnessed before.…”

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Throbbing hearts and smart Repartee: The reception of American films in 1950s Britain

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1998

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