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Book SynopsisIan Rich received a PhD in History from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, where he was also Visiting Tutor.
Trade ReviewThis is innovative work and strong scholarship. * Holocaust and Genocide Studies *
[An] important micro-analysis of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by German forces and their allies during World War II … Rich has augmented our understanding of how the 300 level police battalions functioned in Nazi-occupied Poland and Ukraine. It is an indispensable monograph for students and scholars of the Holocaust. * H-Judaic *
Ian Rich provides an important and welcome addition to the scholarship on Holocaust perpetrators with his focus on the lower and middle level ranks of the German police officer corps; a lens that illuminates the key role played by these men as an “ideological vanguard” in the conduct of racial war and genocide in the Nazi East. * Edward Westermann, Professor of History, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Structure and Personnel of the Police Battalions 2. Roles and Training 3. Poland 1939-1941 4. Police Battalion 314 and the Early Massacres in Volhynia 5. Police Battalion 304 and the Large Scale Massacres of Autumn 1941 6. 1942 Conclusion Bibliography Index
