Planning, realization and documentation 9780967985688 by joachim hoffmann and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Indeed, between the mid1930s and the end of world war two no notable organized actions are known to have taken place. How stalin, the breaker of nations, hated, murdered jews. An indispensable book for all students of world war ii as it actually happened, as well as a revisionist classic that has shaken antigerman propagandists to the. In the mid1930s the abstract threat of war gave way to real threats from germany and japan. Stalins own public statements warned of nefarious activities by western warmongers, especially churchill and his friends. This book describes in detail the desperate attempt of the german army to prevent stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in. Stalin knew when he established the draft that in two years, in the summer of 1941, the soviet union must enter into a major war. The outbreak of war between germany and the western allies in 1939 gave stalin the opportunity to prepare an attack against europe which was unparalleled in history both in terms of stalins farreaching goals as well as in terms of the amount of troops and armaments amassed at the soviet border. Stalins colleagues sent him urgent messages from all around the ussr, describing the crisis. Stalins secret war successfully counters such treatments of this period as harrison salisburys the unknown war and alexander werths russia at war, 19411945. Thus, although the 1927 war scare was just a scare, with no real threat of immediate war, it served to trigger change. The collapse of the grand alliance in 1947 provoked widespread fear that the cold war would soon develop into a hot war. The stalinist line, as pointed out by british historian antony beevor in the introduction to a writer at war.
It deserves to be considered a standard reference work about stalin and his role in world war ii. Planning, realization and documentation by joachim hoffmann. The results included stalins dictatorship, collective farming and a centralised command economy. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content 144 shofar stalins war against the jews. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only reveals as never before the red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond doubt that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet policy, as ordered by comrade j. Stalins war of extermination, 19411945 open library. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only revealsas never. The breakthrough bestseller by a german academic and longtime researcher with the german military archives that documented stalins murderous war against the german army and the german people to todays german public.
Another addition to holocaustianity is the distinction that is now made between work camps and extermination camps. Books by joachim hoffmann author of stalins war of. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalin s war of extermination not only revealsas never beforethe red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond cavil that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet policy, as ordered by comrade j. The horrible fate of the almost six million soviet pows captured by the germans in world war iideclared defectors and traitors of the motherland in stalins order no. Joachim hoffmann has 18 books on goodreads with 114 ratings. From the middle of the 1980s, hoffmann was involved in the debate about alleged soviet preparations for an attack on germany since the summer of 1940. The fact that jews were singled out for extermination by the german invaders of the ussr was inconvenient to stalins political agenda. Since the 1920s, josef stalin had planned to invade and. I dont think there can be anything more evil than killing someone for them being inferior. Which was morally worse, hitlers germany or stalins.
Antigerman liars and fanatics like ilya ehrenburg and stephen wise wrote the convenient history that our rulers enthusiastically took up to demonise their mutual enemies. Stalins war of extermination 19411945 by joachim hoffman, 9780967985688, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. According to this thesis, stalin would have waged war on nazi germany in the late. Stalins war of extermination 19411945 by joachim hoffmann, 9781591481201, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Lays to rest once and for all the distorted, one sided view of war on the eastern front. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stalins war of extermination by joachim hoffmann 2001. In short, the war fought on the eastern front is arguably the single most important chapter in modern military history but it is a chapter that in many essential ways is only now being written. Planning, realization and documentation joachim hoffmann on. Planning, realization and documentation 1st english edition by hoffmann. Vernichtungskrieg or war of extermination is a type of war in which the goal is the complete annihilation of a state, a people or an ethnic minority through genocide or through the destruction of their livelihood.
Soviets killed you for what you didkulaks that were violent were killed, the rest were moved. Americans think of world war ii as the good war, a moment when the forces of good resoundingly triumphed over evil. The outbreak of the war between germany and the western allies in 1939 gave stalin the opportunity to prepare an attack against europe which was unparalleled in history both in terms of stalins farreaching goals as well as in terms of the amount of troops and armaments amassed at the soviet. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. Soviet military commanders in 1941 were wellqualified to lead stalin s war of aggression against europe. This, in fact, is the most outstanding feature of hoffmanns welldocumented booknamely, that it is not runofthemill history but is, instead, a judicious, resourceful exploration and disclosure of stalins aggressive war of extermination waged determinedly from 1941 to 1945. Joachim hoffmanns most popular book is stalins war of extermination 19411945. Stalins preparations for an offensive war in the summer. Stalins war of extermination, by joachim hoffmann the. In 1937, the commanderinchief of the red army and 7 leading generals were shot.
Stalins genocides an analysis and opinion piece about marxist leninist genocide and massmurder in the soviet union. Joachim hoffmann 1 december 1930 8 february 2002 was a german historian and. Was stalin necessary for russias economic development. Since the 1920s, stalin planned to invade western europe in order to initiate the world revolution. Ernst topitsch stalins war pdf download by tabaszfreewhle. I have previously offered a summary of suvorovs book, and have since updated my timeline to war to reflect information found therein. While peasants were dying in the countryside, the soviet. This study is a major effort to draw together the findings of both earlier and more recent literature on germanys invasion of the soviet union and the purpose and conduct of that invasion, as well as the terrible fighting that ensued and made it the major front of world war ii.
In stalins war of extermination joachim hoffmann examines both the underlying causes and the ruthless execution of the war by russians and germans alike, in a thoroughly engrossing, systematic approach that is unsurpassed with respect to comprehensiveness, objectivity, and documentation. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only revealsas never beforethe red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond cavil that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet. And equally forgotten was stalins purge of the red army during which 40,000 officers were executed, among them 169 jewish generals. Ebeling f or most of the period since the end of world war ii the general interpretation about the role of the soviet union in the events leading up to the beginning. An economist best book of the yearfrom the author of the pulitzer prizewinning gulag and the national book award finalist iron curtain, a revelatory history of one of stalins greatest crimesthe consequences of which still resonate todayin 1929 stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivizationin effect a second russian revolutionwhich forced millions of peasants off their. Stalins war against his own troops the tragic fate of soviet prisoners of war in german captivity dr. Stalins grand design to start world war ii, by viktor suvorov an offensive, not a defensive, war. During those years sovietization often took the form of.
Submitted to the graduate degree program in history and the graduate faculty of the university of kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Nevertheless, suspicions that opposition still did. Hoffmann has made extensive use of interrogations of. Certainly there was none that even came close to threatening stalins power. Perhaps the best book yet written on josef stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in a war of complete extermination. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. An indispensable book for all students of world war ii as it actually happened. Stalins war of extermination, by joachim hoffma axis history. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. When ginzburg asked the old woman why she was being held, the woman, more than a little perplexed, said that the officers accused. While frankly exploring the full extent of stalins brutalities and their impact on the soviet people, roberts also uncovers evidence leading to the stunning conclusion that stalin was both the greatest military leader of the twentieth century and a remarkable politician who sought to avoid the cold war and establish a longterm detente with.
Don heddesheimer, the first holocaust 8 in a comparative analysis of benz study with a major revisionist analysis of jewish population losses during world war two,5 i pointed out that benz work has so many logical, methodic, and systematic flaws that its result have to be rejected. This book describes in detail the desperate attempt of the german army to prevent stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in a war of extermination. The doctors plot and the soviet solution, by louis rapoport. Stalins war against his own troops the tragic fate of.
This is the blog that first led me to look at the beginning of the war from the soviet perspective. The goal can be outwarddirected or inward, against elements of ones own population. This book caused great controversy, because of some of its thesis. In 1995, right after he had retired, he published his work stalins vernichtungskrieg 19411945 stalins war of extermination.
She cites stalins famous letter to sholokhov blaming peasants for shortages, but does not mention that he sent food relief to sholokhovs region. The picture that emerges from this collection is a depressing one and raises many questions about why ordinary men got involved as perpetrators and bystanders in an unprecedented program of extermination of racially inferior men, women, and children in eastern europe and the soviet union during the second world war. If stalins aspirations were not fully realized, the outcome of the war does not detract from topitschs theory that the second world war was only a phase though an important one in the realization of lenins grand strategy to subjugate the capitalist or imperialist nations in other words, all those which had not yet undergone the. A radical new theory of the origins of the second world war. Stalins war of extermination castle hill publishers codoh.