dynamics of destruction: the development of the concentration camps, 1933-1945

Wachsmann's general overview of the history of the camps is organized according to the six different phases he identifies. Each of these phases was very short, but each had momentous effects on the nature of the camps and inmates' lives. Their sequence corresponded to major shifts in the character and aims of the Nazi regime, to changing constellations of power, and to the different size, funcions and character of the camp complex