Product Information
In this pioneering biography of a frontline Holocaust perpetrator, Alex J. Kay uncovers the life of SS Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Filbert, responsible as the first head of SS-Einsatzkommando 9, a mobile killing squad, for the murder of more than 18,000 Soviet Jews - men, women and children - on the Eastern Front. He reveals how Filbert, following the political imprisonment of his older brother, set out to prove his own ideological allegiance by displaying particular radicalism in implementing the orders issued by Hitler, Himmler and Heydrich. He also examines Filbert's post-war experiences, first in hiding and then being captured, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. Released early, Filbert went on to feature in a controversial film in the lead role of an SS mass murderer. The book provides compelling new insights into the mindset and motivations of the men, like Filbert, who rose through the ranks of the Nazi regime.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781316601426
eBay Product ID (ePID)221054501
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Making of an Ss Killer: the Life of Colonel Alfred Filbert, 1905-1990
AuthorAlex J. Kay
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAlex J. Kay
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom