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“That load of Jews is finally dead.” Extermination of Jews as presented in 1942 letters of German soldiers
Marcin Zaremba
mzar@isppan.waw.pl Author BiographyMarcin Zaremba, historian and sociologist, associate professor at the Institute of History of Warsaw University. Scholar of the newest history of Poland, particularly social history of the People’s Republic of Poland. Recently published the monograph Wielka trwoga. Polska 1944–1947. Ludowa reakcja na kryzys (2012), for which he received the 2013 Kazimierz Moczarski Historical Award and the 2012 Clio Award. Publishes in the Polityka weekly; secretary of its historical award.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-1793
Institute of History, Warsaw University; Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. Holocaust Studies and Materials (2017), Pages: 472-486
Submission Date: 2020-12-06Publication Date: 2017-12-06
https://doi.org/10.32927/zzsim.733
Abstract
The Home Army intelligence intercepted letters written by German officers and clerks to their families as well as those sent from Germany to friends and relatives on the front line. On the basis of that correspondence the Polish underground drafted
special intelligence reports, which were sent to London. The selection of letters devoted to the Holocaust presented in this article can make it easier to describe and understand the stances and opinions of “ordinary Germans” regarding the “final solution.”
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