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001 2005050254
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008 050603s2006 nyuab b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2005050254
020 $a0786868864
020 $a9780786868865 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm60671887
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050 00 $aDD247.H46$bP75 2006
082 00 $a323.143/09/043$222
100 1 $aPringle, Heather Anne,$d1952-
245 14 $aThe master plan :$bHimmler's scholars and the Holocaust /$cHeather Pringle.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHyperion,$cc2006.
300 $axii, 463 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-446) and index.
520 $aIn 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose mission was to search around the world for proof of ancient Aryan conquests. But history was not their most important focus--rather, the Ahnenerbe was an essential part of the plan for the Final Solution. The findings were used to convince armies of SS men that they were entitled to slaughter Jews and other groups. Himmler also hoped to use the research as a blueprint for the breeding of a new Europe in a racially purer mold. This book, based on original research, including previously ignored archival material and interviews with living members of the institute, is an exposé of the work of German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be warped to justify extermination, and who directly participated in the slaughter--many of whom resumed their academic positions at war's end.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aHimmler, Heinrich,$d1900-1945.
610 20 $aAhnenerbe (Institute)$xHistory.
650 0 $aNazis$zGermany$vBiography.
650 0 $aNational socialism and intellectuals.
650 0 $aEugenics$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
650 0 $aNational socialism$xPhilosophy.
610 20 $aNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.$bSchutzstaffel.$bRasse- und Siedlungshauptamt.
650 0 $aRacism$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPhysical anthropology$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2005050254-d.html