Joachim Peiper - A New Biography of Himmler's Ss Commander

Klappentext In this new historical investigation, German historian Jens Weste-meier portrays the rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes persistent myths of a Nazi icon. The picture revealed here is at odds with the popular Peiper mythology created by wartime and contemporary National Socialist propaganda, novels, motion pictures, and right-wing Peiper biographies. Using primary sources and personal interviews, a compelling image of the SS colonel emerges. The result is a highly readable and scholarly account with the first complete picture of Joachim Peiper. Now, a previously little understood Waffen-SS icon comes to life in a book that is at once an important contribution for our understanding of World War II history, as well as the place of the Waffen-SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Zusammenfassung In this historical investigation, German historian Jens Weste-meier portrays the rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes persistent myths of a Nazi icon.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jens Westemeier
• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.04.2007
• EAN: 9780764326592
• ISBN: 978-0-7643-2659-2
• Abmessung: 228 mm x 287 mm x 28 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Deutschland, Biografien: allgemein, Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War