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• List of Maps List of Illustrations Directions for the Reader Preface Introduction
• 1: How to Mobilize the Polish Nation
• 2: Poland and the Central European Civil War
• 3: Everyday Life in Contested Eastern Poland
• 4: International Entanglement Conclusion Epilogue Index.
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The First World War did not end in Central Europe in November 1918. The armistices marked the creation of the Second Polish Republic and the first shot of the Central European Civil War which raged from 1918 to 1921. The fallen German, Russian, and Austrian Empires left in their wake lands with peoples of mixed nationalities and ethnicities. These lands soon became battle grounds and the ethno-political violence that ensued forced those living within them to decide on their national identity. Civil War in Central Europe seeks to challenge previous notions that such conflicts which occurred between the First and Second World Wars were isolated incidents and argues that they should be considered as part of a European war; a war which transformed Poland into a nation.
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This is the first systematic pan-European study of the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who fought - either voluntarily or under different kinds of pressures - for the Waffen-SS (or auxiliary police formations operating in the occupied East). Building on the findings of regional studies by other scholars - many of them included in this volume - The Waffen-SS aims to arrive at a fuller picture of those non-German citizens (from Eastern as well as Western Europe) who served under the SS flag. Where did the non-Germans in the SS come from (socially, geographically, and culturally)? What motivated them? What do we know about the practicalities of international collaboration in war and genocide, in terms of everyday life, language, and ideological training? Did a common transnational identity emerge as a result of shared ideological convictions or experiences of extreme violence? In order to address these questions (and others), The Waffen-SS adopts an approach that does justice to the complexity of the subject, adding a more nuanced, empirically sound understanding of collaboration in Europe during World War II, while also seeking to push the methodological boundaries of the historiographical genre of perpetrator studies by adopting a transnational approach.
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• Part I. Introduction
• The Einsatzgruppen and the sources documenting their actions
• Preparing for the war on Poland
• Personnel and tasks
• Escalating violence
• Part II. Documents and context
• Directives and initial actions
• Expanding the scope of violence
• Persecuting Jews
• Establishing long-term rule
• Afterword: Poland, 1939 & Soviet Union,
• 1941: Einsatzgruppen actions in comparison.

This invaluable work traces the role of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, the core group of Himmler's murder units involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question, " during and immediately after the German campaign in Poland in 1939. With carefully selected primary sources contextualized by the authors' clear narrative, this work fills an important gap in our understanding of a crucial period in the evolution of policies directed against Jews, Poles, and others deemed dangerous or inferior by the Third Reich. Supplemented by maps and photographs, this book will be an essential reference and research tool.

• Die Berichte der Einsatzgruppen aus Polen 1939 : Einführung / Stephan Lehnstaedt, Jochen Böhler
• Karte : die Marschwege der Einsatzgruppen in Polen
• Dokumente
• Verzeichnis der Dokumente
• Abkürzungsverzeichnis
• Literaturverzeichnis
• Personenverzeichnis
• Sachregister.

This book presents the writings of Hugh S. Gibson, who served from 1919 to 1924 as the first US Minister to the new Second Polish Republic. Crucially involved with world-shaping events, Gibson faithfully recorded his eyewitness impressions and interactions with the nascent Polish state, bickering Allies, and increasingly isolationist Americans. The selected material draws from both State Department dispatches and personal letters, most of it appearing in print for the first time. Editor Vivian Hux Reed, working with experts M. B. B. Biskupski, Jochen Boehler, and Jan-Roman Potocki, provides historical context through a comprehensive introduction and series of annotations. Reminiscences by Gibson's late son Michael Francis Gibson provide personal context. With a flair for pertinent analysis, Gibson records the rocky first years of Polish statehood. He advocated for American support of the young democracy and emphasized to both Polish and US government officials the need for a strong state to protect the rights of all Polish citizens. His words are prophetic, accurately assessing the need for strong state structures to protect all citizens and predicting the danger posed especially to minority groups should such structures fail. VIVIAN HUX REED has an MA in history from Western Oregon University. M. B. B. BISKUPSKI is professor of history, Central Connectictut State University. JOCHEN BOEHLER is a research associate, Imre Kertesz Kolleg Jena at Friedrich Schiller University. JAN-ROMAN POTOCKI has an MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University.
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• Part I: Introduction The Einsatzgruppen and the Sources Documenting Their Actions Preparing for the War on Poland Personnel and Tasks Escalating Violence Part II: Documents and Context Directives and Initial Actions Expanding the Scope of Violence Persecuting Jews Establishing Long-Term Rule Afterword: Poland, 1939-Soviet Union,
• 1941. Einsatzgruppen Actions in Comparison.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This invaluable work traces the role of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, the core group of Himmler's murder units involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question, " during and immediately after the German campaign in Poland in 1939. With carefully selected primary sources contextualized by the authors' clear narrative, this work fills an important gap in our understanding of a crucial period in the evolution of policies directed against Jews, Poles, and others deemed dangerous or inferior by the Third Reich. Supplemented by maps and photographs, this book will be an essential reference and research tool.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)