Shaping the police soldier as an instrument for annihilation
TitleShaping the police soldier as an instrument for annihilation
Author
Call number943.087/0008
Object number02697g
Place of publicationLincoln, Nebraska, United States
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Year of publication
2003
Physical descriptionpp129-150
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780803222397
NotesArticle from the book 'The impact of Nazism' pp129-150
Description
In July 1941the uniformed police and the Wehrmacht assisted Sonderkammando in the murder of 1160 Jews. Throughout the summer the pace of police executions accelerated. The organizational culture within the police transformed civil servants into "political soldiers of destruction"