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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. From Brutality to International Conventions to Renewed Brutality: Foreign Occupations in European History
2. Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland: The First German Conquests
A Perfect Union
Without Firing a Shot
To the Last Bullet
3. Defeat and Submission: Europe’s Honeymoon with Hitler, 1939–1941
Toward a “Great Germanic” Brotherhood?
The Belgians and the French Under German Rule
Cozy Islanders
The Pitfalls of Collaboration in the Balkans
4. The Invasion of the Soviet Union and East European Collaboration
Caught Between Two Giants
The Worst Place to Be: Ukraine During the War
Toward a Turning Point in the Conflict
5. Germany’s Many Allies: A Blessing or a Curse?
The Allies of Germany and the “Final Solution,”
Mutual Jealousies and Suspicions
Ethnic Cleansing
Hitler’s “Strongman” Allies
6. The Beginnings of German Decline: The Growth and Many Dilemmas of the Resistance Movements
Life and Death in the Resistance
The Resistance Press and Radio
The Special Operations Executive
Resistance in the Countries Expecting British and American Liberation
Helping Jews
7. Resistance and Civil War in Eastern, Southern, and Southeastern Europe
The East European Tragedy
Poland: An Extraordinary Case
Polish and Jewish Resistance: A Difficult Relationship
Resistance in the German-Occupied Parts of the Soviet Union
Resistance and Chaos in the Balkans
The Gorgopotamos Saga
Slovakia and Transylvania
8. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? Case Studies of Resistance and Reprisal
The Via Rasella and the Ardeatine Cave
The Oradour Tragedy
Revenge and Ethnic Cleansing at Novi Sad
9. The End of the War, the Apparent Triumph of the Resistance Movements, and the First Retributions
The End in Germany
The Legacy of the German Resistance
The End in the East
10. Purging Hitler’s Europe
The Road to Nuremberg and to the National Court Trials
Justice and Injustice at Nuremberg
Justice and Injustice in the National Courts of Justice
11. The Long Aftermath of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution
The Cold War and the Suspension of Retributions
Renewed Attempts at Reprisals
Epilogue
Suggestions for Further Study
Index
About the Authors
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