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Subject(s)

• World War, 1939-1945—Concentration camps [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Prisoners and prisons, German [Browse]

Series

East European monographs ; no. 580. [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285).

Contents

• Ch. I. The Camps Interpreted. Definitions, Assumptions, Statements, Sources. The Camps: Their History and Purpose. The Organizational Structure of the Camps. The Categories of Prisoners. The Explanatory Models of the Camps. Old Models and A New Proposal. Survivors and Scholars
• Ch. II. A Typology of Prisoners. General Remarks. Men and Women. Flotsam and Jetsam; the Undecided. Those at the Bottom; the Muselmen. The Lonely Intellectuals. National, Religious and Ideological Groups
• Ch. III. Life in the Camps. The Painfulness of Camp Life. Intensity. Habituation. Dignity and Self-respect. From Day to Day. Illness and Death. Egoism, Altriusm, Friendship. Survival. The SS in the Camps
• Ch. IV. The Special Case of the Poles. The Conflict between Poles and Germans. The Second Kulturkampf. Polish Scholars and the Concentration Camps
• Ch. V. After the Liberation. Back to Freedom. New Lives, Old Nightmares. Conclusion and Prognosis. Lagersprache (Camp Language).

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ISBN

0880334789

OCLC

48937607

RCP

C - S

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