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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
by Bryan Mark Rigg
ISBN: 0700611789
ISBN-13: 9780700611782
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Published date: 2002
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 2.15 pounds
Pages: 433
Publisher's Notes
On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, he discovered that eliminating Jews from the rest of the population was more difficult than he'd anticipated. As Bryan Mark Rigg shows in this provocative new study, nowhere was that heinous process more fraught with contradiction and confusion than in the German military.
Contrary to conventional views, Rigg reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or "partial-Jews" (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid-1930s. Rigg demonstrates that the actual number was much higher than previously thought--perhaps as many as 150,000 men, including decorated veterans and high-ranking officers, even generals and admirals.
As Rigg fully documents for the first time, a great many of these men did not even consider themselves Jewish and had embraced the military as a way of life and as devoted patriots eager to serve a revived German nation. In turn, they had been embraced by the Wehrmacht, which prior to Hitler had given little thought to the "race" of these men but which was now forced to look deeply into the ancestry of its soldiers.
The process of investigation and removal, however, was marred by a highly inconsistent application of Nazi law. Numerous "exemptions" were made in order to allow a soldier to stay within the ranks or to spare a soldier's parent, spouse, or other relative from incarceration or far worse. (Hitler's own signature can be found on many of these "exemption" orders.) But as the war dragged on, Nazi politics came to trump military logic, even in the face of the Wehrmacht's growing manpower needs, closing legal loopholes and making it virtually impossible for these soldiers to escape the fate of millions of other victims of the Third Reich.
Based on a deep and wide-ranging research in archival and secondary sources, as well as extensive interviews with more than four hundred Mischlinge and their relatives, Rigg's study breaks truly new ground in a crowded field and shows from yet another angle the extremely flawed, dishonest, demeaning, and tragic essence of Hitler's rule.
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
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Lawrence, KS: U.P. of Kansas Fine/Fine Like New!. 2002. 1st Edition 2nd Printing Size=6.5"x9.5" Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket 433pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 0700611789 Keywords: Jewish Soldiers, Nazi Germany, National Socialism, Anti-Semitism, German Racial Laws, Jewish Identity, University Press. ( more information) Offered by Ed Conroy Bookseller - edconroybooks.com (United States)
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
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Lawrence, KS: U.P. of Kansas Fine/Fine Like New!. 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing Size=6.5"x9.5" Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket 433pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 0700611789 Keywords: Jewish Soldiers, Nazi Germany, National Socialism, Anti-Semitism, German Racial Laws, Jewish Identity, University Press. ( more information) Offered by Ed Conroy Bookseller - edconroybooks.com (United States)
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HITLER'S JEWISH SOLDIERS : The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Rigg, Bryan Mark
Lawrence, 2002 Univ. of Kansas, 2nd US printing, , hard bound in dust jacket,FINE/FINE CONDITION, 6x9, xxi, 433 pages, 95 photos, extensive notes, bibliog & index. ............................................................. On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, he discovered that eliminating Jews from the rest of the population was more difficult than he'd anticipated. As Bryan Mark Rigg shows in this provocative new study, nowhere was that heinous process more fraught with contradiction and confusion than in the German military. Contrary to conventional views, Rigg reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or "partial-Jews" (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid-1930s. Rigg demonstrates that the actual number was much higher than previously thought--perhaps as many as 150,000 men, including decorated veterans and high-ranking officers, even generals and admirals. .............................................................................................. As Rigg fully documents for the first time, a great many of these men did not even consider themselves Jewish and had embraced the military as a way of life and as devoted patriots eager to serve a revived German nation. In turn, they had been embraced by the Wehrmacht, which prior to Hitler had given little thought to the "race" of these men but which was now forced to look deeply into the ancestry of its soldiers. ........................................................................... The process of investigation and removal, however, was marred by a highly inconsistent application of Nazi law. Numerous "exemptions" were made in order to allow a soldier to stay within the ranks or to spare a soldier's parent, spouse, or other relative from incarceration or far worse. (Hitler's own signature can be found on many of these "exemption" orders.) But as the war dragged on, Nazi politics came to trump military logic, even in the face of the Wehrmacht's growing manpower needs, closing legal loopholes and making it virtually impossible for these soldiers to escape the fate of millions of other victims of the Third Reich. Based on a deep and wide-ranging research in archival and secondary sources, as well as extensive interviews with more than four hundred Mischlinge and their relatives, Rigg's study breaks truly new ground in a crowded field and shows from yet another angle the extremely flawed, dishonest, demeaning, and tragic essence of Hitler's rule. . ISBN: 0-7006-1178-9. ( more information) Offered by ARTICLES OF WAR Ltd (United States)
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers : The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Rigg, Bryan Mark
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002 Bright, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips. No tears. Illustrated with nearly 100 photos. From the Dust Jacket: "On the murderous road to 'racial purity' Hitler encountered unexpected detours, due largely to his crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, eliminating Jews from the rest of the population was more difficult than he had anticipated. As Bryan Rigg shows in this provocative new study, nowhere was the heinous process of racial cleansing more fraught with contradiction and confusion than in the German military. Contrary to conventional views, Riggs reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or 'partial-Jews' (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid 1930s. He demonstrates that the number was much higher than previously thought - perhaps as many as 150,000 men... But as the war dragged on, Nazi policies came to trump military logic, even in the face of the Wehrmaccht's growing manpower needs, closing the legal loopholes... Based on deep and wide-ranging research in archival and secondary sources, as well as extensive interviews with more than four hundred Mischlinge and their relatives, Rigg's study breaks new ground..." Extensive chapter notes (107 pages). List of SS and Wehrmacht Ranks. Bibliography. Index. Original tan cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xxi, 433pp. ( more information) Offered by About Books (United States)
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HITLER'S JEWISH SOLDIERS : The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Rigg, Bryan Mark
2002 new copy, hard bound in dust jacket, 6x9, xxi, 433 pages, 95 photos, extensive notes, bibliog & index. ................................................................... On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, he discovered that eliminating Jews from the rest of the population was more difficult than he'd anticipated. As Bryan Mark Rigg shows in this provocative new study, nowhere was that heinous process more fraught with contradiction and confusion than in the German military. Contrary to conventional views, Rigg reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or "partial-Jews" (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid-1930s. Rigg demonstrates that the actual number was much higher than previously thought--perhaps as many as 150,000 men, including decorated veterans and high-ranking officers, even generals and admirals. ....................................................................... As Rigg fully documents for the first time, a great many of these men did not even consider themselves Jewish and had embraced the military as a way of life and as devoted patriots eager to serve a revived German nation. In turn, they had been embraced by the Wehrmacht, which prior to Hitler had given little thought to the "race" of these men but which was now forced to look deeply into the ancestry of its soldiers. The process of investigation and removal, however, was marred by a highly inconsistent application of Nazi law. Numerous "exemptions" were made in order to allow a soldier to stay within the ranks or to spare a soldier's parent, spouse, or other relative from incarceration or far worse. (Hitler's own signature can be found on many of these "exemption" orders.) But as the war dragged on, Nazi politics came to trump military logic, even in the face of the Wehrmacht's growing manpower needs, closing legal loopholes and making it virtually impossible for these soldiers to escape the fate of millions of other victims of the Third Reich. Based on a deep and wide-ranging research in archival and secondary sources, as well as extensive interviews with more than four hundred Mischlinge and their relatives, Rigg's study breaks truly new ground in a crowded field and shows from yet another angle the extremely flawed, dishonest, demeaning, and tragic essence of Hitler's rule. . ISBN: 0-7006-1178-9. ( more information) Offered by ARTICLES OF WAR Ltd (United States)
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story Of Nazi Racial Laws And The Men Of Jewish Descent In The German Military
RIGG, BRYAN MARK
University Press Of Kansas, Lawrence: 2002. Softcover. Good condition. Working in newly opened archives and reexamining old evidence, historian Bryan Mark Rigg turned up a surprising wrinkle in the history of Nazi Germany: the presence of part-Jewish soldiers not only in the ranks but also in the upper echelons of the German military. One such soldier recalled, "I served because I wanted to prove Hitler's racial nonsense wrong. I wanted to prove that people of Jewish descent were indeed brave and courageous soldiers." By Rigg's estimate, as many as 150,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen of partial Jewish descent (Mischlinge, in Nazi terminology) served in Adolf Hitler's forces--some, such as field marshal and war criminal Erhard Milch, placed in high positions by Hitler himself even as he tightened the noose on the Jews of Europe. Rigg considers the role of these men as they negotiated the confusion of the monolithic, racist state in dealing with Germans of partial Jewish descent. "[Their] experience clearly demonstrates the complexity of life in the Third Reich," writes Rigg. His book sheds light on a difficult subject in the face of certain controversy, and it merits discussion. ISBN: 0700611789. ( more information) Offered by Ad Infinitum Books (United States)
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military (Autographed)
Rigg, Bryan Mark
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 2002. 496 pages 95 photographs. Inscribed by author on title page. Working in newly opened archives and reexamining old evidence, historian Bryan Mark Rigg turns up a surprising wrinkle in the history of Nazi Germany: the presence of part-Jewish soldiers not only in the ranks but also in the upper echelons of the German military. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (United States)
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