Baltic states: auxiliaries and Waffen-SS soldiers from Estionia, Latvia, and Lithuania
TitleThe Baltic states: auxiliaries and Waffen-SS soldiers from Estionia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Author
Call number943.086/0122
Object number01207e
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2017
Physical descriptionpp120-164
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780198790556
NotesArticle from the book 'The Waffen-SS: a European history' pp120-164
Description
Estonia and Latvia were slated for a fundamental racial reorganization in 'Generalplan Ost'. Much of the population were physically removed (in the case of Jews, murdered: in the case of others, resettled further eastwards) while the remainder would be racially reprogrammed into Germanics. The formulation and implementation of the plan in the occupied eastern territories was the remit of Himmler and his SS. The most visible nexus of racial policy and securitization was the genocide of the Jews