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The Nazi, the Painter
G. H. Bennett
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Description for The Nazi, the Painter
Hardcover. Historian G. H. Bennett pieces together the forgotten story of a wartime German road-building project, which exterminated numerous Jewish and other lives. A moving and sometimes horrifying chronicle of suffering and deprivation, this book retells an important episode in the history of World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
In 2006 an old canister of film was discovered in a Devon church. How it got there was a mystery and its contents were tantalizing. The film showed members of the German SS and Police building a road, and the grainy black and white footage appeared to have been shot in Ukraine and Crimea in 1943. Aired on the BBC the footage caused a sensation, but there were few clues as to who the protagonists were, and what it was they were doing. World War II historian G. H. Bennett spent four years piecing together the story of this film, ... Read more
In 2006 an old canister of film was discovered in a Devon church. How it got there was a mystery and its contents were tantalizing. The film showed members of the German SS and Police building a road, and the grainy black and white footage appeared to have been shot in Ukraine and Crimea in 1943. Aired on the BBC the footage caused a sensation, but there were few clues as to who the protagonists were, and what it was they were doing. World War II historian G. H. Bennett spent four years piecing together the story of this film, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861899095
SKU
V9781861899095
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99-15
About G. H. Bennett
G. H. Bennett is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of ten books including Hitler's Admirals and The RAF's French Foreign Legion. He lives in Cornwall and is a trustee of the Britannia Royal Naval College Museum.
Reviews for The Nazi, the Painter
'This surprising and artful book mixes the history of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine and of the Holocaust with present perspectives. It entertains and enriches our understanding of a terrible time.'
Richard Breitman
Richard Breitman