Hitler's Death Trains: The Role of the Reichsbahn in the Final Solution: Rare Photographs from Wartime...

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Ian Baxter

Hitler's Death Trains

The Role of the Reichsbahn in the Final Solution: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian Baxter

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English

Pen and Sword
01 September 2023

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Holocaust; Second World War

Series: Images of War

Literature highlighting the horrors of the Holocaust has concentrated on the incarceration of Jews and others deemed hostile to Hitler's Reich in ghettoes and their fate in the death camps. Little coverage has been given to the role played by the Deutche Reichsbahn (German National Railway). In fact, the success of the 'Final Solution' was dependent on the efficient utilization of the vast train network of Germany and the Nazi occupied territories. Without this it would have been impossible for Hitler's henchmen to transport their victims in sufficient number to the extermination camps such as Auschwitz. While conditions on the trains were invariably inhuman, many Jews were forced to fund their own deportations through deposits paid to the SS towards 'The resettlement to work in the East' programme. Although these 'death trains' competed for valuable track space with Nazi war effort requirement, the importance of the extermination programme perversely prevailed. The conclusion of this well researched and highly illustrated book is that without the Reichsbahn, the industrial murder of millions of Jews, Roma and other 'undesirables' would not have been possible on the scale that was so tragically achieved.

AUTHOR: Ian Baxter is a much-published author and photographic collector whose books draw an increasing following. Among his many previous titles in the Images of War Series are Hitler's Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants, The Ghettos of Nazi Occupied Poland, German Army on the Eastern Front - The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division, SS Totenkopf Division At War, Waffen SS of the Baltic States, Waffen SS at Arnhem, Waffen SS in the Ardennes and German Self-Propelled Artillery. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

300 b/w illustrations

By: Ian Baxter
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm,
ISBN: 9781399040082
ISBN 10: 1399040081
Series: Images of War
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Ian Baxter is a much-published author and photographic collector whose books draw an increasing following. Among his many previous titles in the Images of War Series are Hitler's Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants, The Ghettos of Nazi Occupied Poland, German Army on the Eastern Front - The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division, SS Totenkopf Division At War, Waffen SS of the Baltic States, Waffen SS at Arnhem, Waffen SS in the Ardennes and German Self-Propelled Artillery. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex

Reviews for Hitler's Death Trains: The Role of the Reichsbahn in the Final Solution: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

""I will recommend the book only to those that are very interested in this aspect of the war and have no fear to look at some controversial photos.""-- ""IPMS"" ""Anyone wanting to add an excellent history book detailing the Deutche Reichsbahn and its role in Hitler's final solution program during World War II to their personal library will be pleased with this informative and interesting book.""-- ""Armorama"" ""This book will appeal to military historians. Recommended.""-- ""AMPS Indianapolis""