The Promise of the East

Nazi Hopes and Genocide, 1939-43

Christian Ingrao, Andrew Brown

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English

Polity Press
23 November 2018

History; The Holocaust; Social & cultural anthropology; Fascism & Nazism

How did the Nazis imagine their victory and the subsequent ‘Thousand-Year Reich’?

Between 1939 and 1943, the Nazi imperial Utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, brutally emptied of their inhabitants, who were displaced, reduced to slavery and, in the case of the Jews and a considerable number of Slavs, murdered. This Utopia had its engineers, its agencies and its pioneers (no fewer than 27,000 Germans, most of them young). It aroused fervent support. In the Thousand-Year Reich, with its borders extended by conquest, a racially pure community would soon live a life of peace and prosperity, in total harmony.

In this book, renowned historian Christian Ingrao draws on extensive archival material to shed new light on this movement and explain how it could prove so appealing, examining the coherence and the inner contradictions of the activities undertaken by the different institutions, the careers of the women and men who played a part in them, and the ambitious plans that were drawn up. Ingrao adopts a social anthropological point of view to investigate the emotions aroused by the Nazi dream, and describes not just the hatred and the anxieties it fed on but also the joys and expectations it created – two sides of a single reality. As we learn from the terrible violence unleashed across the region of Zamość, on the border between Poland and Ukraine, the hopes of the Nazis became a nightmare for the native populations.

This important work reveals an aspect of Nazism that is often overlooked and greatly extends our understanding of the general framework in which the Holocaust was realized. It will find a wide audience among students and scholars of modern German history and among a broad general readership.

By: Christian Ingrao
Translated by: Andrew Brown
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781509527755
ISBN 10: 1509527753
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 23 November 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Promise of the East: Nazi Hopes and Genocide, 1939-43

'This is a highly original and important book. Christian Ingrao draws masterfully on a wide range of sources to deliver compelling new insight into the Nazi plans for the East, at the same time illuminating our understanding of the context in which the Holocaust was conceived.' Jean-Marc Dreyfus, University of Manchester 'Christian Ingrao offers a grim but compelling story, reminding us that the Nazis' genocidal policies were only part of an even more far-reaching utopian project, a project that succeeded in mobilizing the energies of tens of thousands of young men and women, inspired by the dream of a greater Germany.' Mark Roseman Director, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University 'We are indebted to Christian Ingrao for giving us a fine reading based on the best sources of this bloody episode of modern history.' Olivier Wieviorka, Lib ration 'Christian Ingrao's new book is a landmark and tour de force. In highlighting the interplay of Utopia and genocide, it sheds a fresh and disturbing light on our times.' Paul Gradvohl, L'Histoire