The Scourge of the Swastika
A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II
by Edward Frederick Langley Russell
Recommended by Gabor Maté and Dr. Gabor Maté
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Nonfiction.
When discussing the German war crimes of the Second World War, modern histories have focused on the Holocaust. While the Final Solution was a unique and unparalleled horror, German atrocities did not end there. The Nazis terrorized their own citizens, tortured and murdered POWs, and carried out countless executions throughout occupied Europe. Lord ...
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“I began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe.”
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