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People in German-occupied Europe were compelled to work in Germany. Between 1941 and 1945, between 10 and 12 million people were forced to leave their homes and were transported to work in Germany (Stephenson 2001, 121–124). In August 1944, women constituted one-third—1.9 million—of the 5.7 million foreign forced laborers in Germany (Herbert 1997, 296). With its male workforce depleted by…
…whether sharing a joke with his comrade or just happy to have survived…so far… The war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia (1941–1945) was arguably the largest and most brutal theater of land warfare in the twentieth century. Fueled by bitter ideological antagonism, the enormous cruelty at the…
Vlasov and the Russian Liberation Movement: Soviet Reality and Emigré Theories Catherine Andreyev Review “Her main aim is to synthesize and comment on the political ideas of the Russians and others associated with what she properly calls not simply the ‘Vlasov movement’ but the Russian Liberation Movement….Her book includes a…
BARBAROSSA, OPERATION Hitler’s code name for his invasion of the Soviet Union, launched on 22 June 1941. It was the greatest military conflict of the modern era and the greatest land invasion in the history of modern warfare. It was also one of the greatest betrayals of history, since Stalin…
A group of Russians captured by the Nazis during Operation Barbarossa: Documents from secret archives have revealed how some Soviets believed the Germans were Christian crusaders come to throw of the yoke of communism. By Allan Hall An extraordinary secret archive has revealed for the first time how thousands of…
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The purpose of this Web page is to present the factual and true information concerning the Galician Division, which fought against the Soviet Union within the framework of the German Army, during the Second World War. Since the end of the war the information media has been…
Klaus Gensicke. The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Nazis: The Berlin Years, 1941-1945. Edgware: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010. 256 pp. $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-85303-844-3.Reviewed by Norman Goda (University of Florida) Published on H-Judaic (December, 2011) Commissioned by Jason Kalman The Riddle of the Mufti The enduring nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…
The German Army suffered from a catastrophic shortage of replacements ever since it had gone…
A group of Russians captured by the Nazis during Operation Barbarossa: Documents from secret archives…
How To Use the Formation Tables BelowThe tables below provide the organization of the Eastern…
It is truly ironic that the most numerous units of foreign nationals raised by the…
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