German Scholars and Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1945 (English and German Edition)

Recently, there has been a major shift in the focus of historical research on World War II towards the study of the involvements of scholars and academic institutions in the crimes of the Third Reich. The roots of this involvement go back to the 1920s. At that time right-wing scholars participated in the movement to revise the Versailles Treaty and to create a new German national identity. The contribution of geopolitics to this development is notorious. But there were also the disciplines of history, geography, ethnography, art history, archeology, sociology, and demography that devised a new nationalist ideology and propaganda. Its scholars established an extensive network of personal and institutional contacts. This volume deals with these scholars and their agendas. They provided the Nazi regime with ideas of territorial expansion, colonial exploitation and racist exclusion culminating in the Holocaust. Apart from developing ideas and concepts, scholars also actively worked in the SS and Wehrmacht when Hitler began to implement its criminal policies in World War II. This collection of original essays, written by the foremost European scholars in this field, describes key figures and key programs supporting the expansion and exploitation of the Third Reich. In particular, they analyze the historical, geographic, ethnographical and ethno-political ideas behind the ethnic cleansing and looting of cultural treasures. This Collection Of Original Essays, Written By The Foremost European Scholars In This Field, Describes Key Figures And Programs Supporting The Expansion And Exploitation Of The Third Reich. In Particular, They Analyze The Historical, Geographic, Ethnographical And Ethnopolitical Ideas Behind The Ethnic Cleansing And Looting Of Cultural Treasures.--book Jacket. German Ostforschung And Anti-semitism / Ingo Haar -- The Role And Impact Of German Ethnopolitical Experts In The Ss Reich Security Main Office / Michael Fahlbusch -- The Nazi Ethnographic Research Of Georg Leibbrandt And Karl Stumpp In Ukraine, And Its North America Legacy / Eric J. Schmaltz And Samuel D. Sinner -- Volk, Bevölkerung, Rasse, And Raum : Erich Keyser's Ambiguous Concept Of A German History Of Population, Ca. 1918-1955 / Alexander Pinwinkler -- Ethnic Politics And Scholarly Legitimation : The German Institut Für Heimatforschung In Slovakia, 1941-1944 / Christof Morrissey -- The Sword Of Science : German Scholars And National Socialist Annexation Policy In Slovenia And Northern Italy / Michael Wedekind -- Romanian-german Collaboration In Ethnopolitics : The Case Of Sabin Manuilǎ / Viorel Achim -- Palatines All Over The World : Fritz Braun, A German Emigration Researcher In National Socialist Population Policy / Wolfgang Freund -- German Westforschung, 1918 To The Present : The Case Of Franz Petri, 1903-1933 / Hans Derks -- Otto Scheel : National Liberal, Nordic Prophet / Eric Kurlander -- The Third Front : German Cultural Policy In Occupied Europe, 1940-1945 / Frank-rutger Hausmann -- Rich Halten : Hans Rothfels And Neoconservative Historiography On Both Sides Of The Atlantic / Karl Heinz Roth -- Polish Myśl Zachodnia And German Ostforschung : An Attempt At A Comparison / Jan M. Piskorski. Edited By Ingo Haar And Michael Fahlbusch ; Foreword By Georg G. Iggers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 272-283) And Indexes. An analysis of the historical, geographic, ethnographical & ethno-political ideas behind the ethnic clenasing & looting of cultural treasures that hallmarked the Third Reich, this collection describes key figures amongst the German intelligentsia who supported the Nazi regime