Europe on trial

Titel: Europe on trial : the story of collaboration, resistance, and retribution during World War II / István Deák (Columbia University) ; Foreword by Norman M. Naimark (Stanford University)
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Veröffentlicht: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2015]
Umfang: XXIII, 257 Seiten ; 23 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0813347890 ; 9780813347899 ; 9780813347905
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  • Foreword
  • p. xi
  • Preface
  • p. xvii
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • 1
  • From Brutality to International Conventions to Renewed Brutality: Foreign Occupations in European History
  • p. 15
  • 2
  • Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland: The First German Conquests
  • p. 27
  • A Perfect Union
  • p. 28
  • Without Firing a Shot
  • p. 30
  • To the Last Gullet
  • p. 36
  • 3
  • Defeat and Submission: Europe's Honeymoon with Hitler, 1939-1941
  • p. 41
  • Toward a "Great Germanic" Brotherhood?
  • p. 45
  • The Belgians and the French Under German Rale
  • p. 50
  • Cozy Islanders
  • p. 58
  • The Pitfalls of Collaboration in the Balkans
  • p. 61
  • 4
  • The Invasion of the Soviet Union and East European Collaboration
  • p. 67
  • Caught Between Two Giants
  • p. 69
  • The Worst Place to Be: Ukraine During the War
  • p. 74
  • Toward a Fuming Point in the Conflict
  • p. 76
  • 5
  • Germany's Many Allies: A Blessing or a Curse?
  • p. 81
  • The Allies of Germany and the "Final Solution,"
  • p. 86
  • Mutual Jealousies and Suspicions
  • p. 88
  • Ethnic Cleansing
  • p. 95
  • Hitler's "Strongman" Allies
  • p. 97
  • 6
  • The Beginnings of German Decline: The Growth and Many Dilemmas of the Resistance Movements
  • p. 109
  • Life and Death in the Resistance
  • p. 112
  • The Resistance Press and Radio
  • p. 116
  • The Special Operations Executive
  • p. 118
  • Resistance in the Countries Expecting British and American Liberation
  • p. 120
  • Helping Jews
  • p. 136
  • 7
  • Resistance and Civil War in Eastern, Southern, and Southeastern Europe
  • p. 139
  • The East European Tragedy
  • p. 142
  • Poland: An Extraordinary Case
  • p. 144
  • Polish and Jewish Resistance: A Difficult Relationship
  • p. 150
  • Resistance in the German-Occupied Parts of the Soviet Union
  • p. 155
  • Resistance and Chaos in the Balkans
  • p. 158
  • The Gorgopotamos Saga
  • p. 160
  • Slovakia and Transylvania
  • p. 161
  • 8
  • Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? Case Studies of Resistance and Reprisal
  • p. 165
  • The Via Rasella and the Ardeatine Cave
  • p. 166
  • The Oradour Tragedy
  • p. 171
  • Revenge and Ethnic Cleansing at Novi Sad
  • p. 174
  • 9
  • The End of the War, the Apparent Triumph of the Resistance Movements, and the First Retributions
  • p. 179
  • The End in Germany
  • p. 180
  • The Legacy of the German Resistance
  • p. 183
  • The End in the East
  • p. 186
  • 10
  • Purging Hitler's Europe
  • p. 191
  • The Road to Nuremberg and to the National Court Trials
  • p. 194
  • Justice and Injustice at Nuremberg
  • p. 196
  • Justice and Injustice in the National Courts of Justice
  • p. 197
  • 11
  • The Long Aftermath of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution
  • p. 211
  • The Cold War and the Suspension of Retributions
  • p. 213
  • Renewed Attempts at Reprisals
  • p. 217
  • Epilogue
  • p. 225
  • Suggestions for Further Study
  • p. 231
  • Index
  • p. 241
  • About the Authors
  • p. 257