{"product_id":"from-euthanasia-to-sobibor-9780253064318","title":"From Euthanasia to Sobibor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An unforgettable look at genocide as seen by its perpetrators. Johann Niemann's albums document his career from SS man at Grafeneck, burning the bodies of people deemed \"unworthy of life,\" to Deputy Commandant of Sobibor, where he directed the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews. The photos show him as he wanted to see himself – impeccably groomed, relaxed, and powerful – but the superb interpretative chapters reveal the systemic and colossal brutality of which he was both a product and a proponent.\"—Doris L. Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto; author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom \"Euthanasia\" to Sobibor\u003c\/i\u003e presents an amazingly extensive collection of recently-discovered photographs that had been collected by SS-officer Johann Niemann, whose rose from obscurity to become the Deputy Commandant of Sobibor and was executed in the October 1943 prisoner uprising and breakout. These photographs illustrate a lethal career that saw Niemann serve in four \"euthanasia\" centers created by the Nazi regime to murder the German handicapped as well as in the death camps of Belzec and Sobibor. Alongside the photographs are chapters that summarize cutting-edge scholarship on a number of relevant topics but especially on the German personnel who staffed these camps and the East European auxiliaries who guarded them.\"—Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This remarkable and meticulously researched volume presents one of the most significant private perpetrator photo collections to survive. For unraveling the horrible conundrum of human participation in genocide, the collection is an essential source, both revealing and impenetrable in one.\"—Mark Roseman, Distinguished Professor of History, Pat M Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, by Bildungswerk Stanisław Hantz\u003cbr\u003ePreface, by Jetje Manheim\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003e1. The Niemann Photographs: A Unique Collection from the Holocaust, by Martin Cüppers\u003cbr\u003e2. Johann Gerhard Niemann: From Völlen to Sobibor, Part 1, by Karin Graf and Florian Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhotos from the Niemann Collection, up to 1942\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Johann Gerhard Niemann: From Völlen to Sobibor, Part 2, by Karin Graf and Florian Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhotos from the Niemann collection, from the Period of Operation T4\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Realizing the Unthinkable: Operation T4, Operation Reinhard, and their Actors, by Martin Cüppers\u003cbr\u003e5. Belzec: The First Operation Reinhard Killing Center, by Florian Ross and Steffen Hänschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiemann's Photos from Belzec\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e6. The Sobibor Death Camp, by Steffen Hänschen, Annett Gerhardt, Andreas Kahrs, Anne Lepper, and Martin Cüppers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiemann's photos from Sobibo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e7. The Trawnikis: Auxiliaries to the Holocaust, by Martin Cüppers\u003cbr\u003e8. Reward for Genocide: A Trip to Berlin for Perpetrators from Operation Reinhard, by Martin Cüppers and Steffen Hänschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Album and Additional Travel Pictures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e9. The Revolt at Sobibor and the End of the Death Camp, by Anne Lepper, Andreas Kahrs, Annett Gerhardt, and Steffen Hänschen\u003cbr\u003e10. Henriette Niemann: Wife and Mother, Confidante and Profiteer, by Anne Lepper and Martin Cüppers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenriette Niemann in the Photo Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e11. Living with the Memory: Meetings with Semion Rozenfeld, by Anne Lepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhotos with Semion Rozenfeld and a Map of Sobibor Drawn by Him\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAppendix 1: The Brandenburg Album\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Documents from the Niemann Collection\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Short Biographies of Survivors of the Sobibor Camp\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: Short Biographies of German Perpetrators\u003cbr\u003eSources and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864295485783,"sku":"9780253064318","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253064318.jpg?v=1722271274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-euthanasia-to-sobibor-9780253064318","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}