Fifty years ago: from terror to systematic murder
TitleFifty years ago: from terror to systematic murder
Call numberS940.5318/001
Object number01794b
Place of publicationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Year of publication
1991
Dimensions210p.
MaterialArticle
Series titleAnnual
Notes
Days of Remembrance 1991 Sunday, April 7-14, 1991.
Days of Remembrance 1991 Sunday, April 7-14, 1991.
Description
Includes an excerpt from Christopher Browning's book, Fateful Months, which explores the emergence in 1941 of a shift in Nazi policy towards Jews: from persecution to extermination. Robert Wolfe of the National Archives provides copies of the only documentary evidence of this policy shift, and excerpts from The Einsatzgruppen Reports describe the organization of the mobile killing units and demonstrate the zeal with which the units executed the Nazi policy. Includes a chronology of 1941