David A Harrisville

The Virtuous Wehrmacht

Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781501760044
• ISBN-10: 1501760041
• Artikelnr.: 61213786

Autorenporträt

David A. Harrisville

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Toward a Moral History of the Wehrmacht in the War of
Extermination
1. Honorable Self and Villainous Other: Value Systems in the Wehrmacht
2. Rationalizing Atrocities: Self-Exoneration in Soldiers' Letters
3. The "Crusaders": Religious Justifications for Barbarossa
4. The "Liberators": Barbarossa as an Emancipatory Act
5. Death and Victimhood: Cultivating Moral Superiority through Burial
Practices
Conclusion: A Myth Is Born