Destruction Of The European Jews Raul Hilberg

Raul Hilberg

DESTRUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS

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REVISED AND DEFINITIVE EDITION

RAUL HILBERG E

HOLMES & MEIER

NEW YORK LONDON

Published in the United States of America 1985 by Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc.

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Great Britain;

Holmes & Meier Publishers, Ltd.

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Copyright О 1985 by Raul Hilberg All rights reserved

Book design by Stephanie Barton

Library of CoDgress Cataloging In Publication Data

Hilberg, Raul, 1926—

The destruction of the European Jews.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 2. Germany— Politics and government—1933-1945. I. Title. D810.J4H5 1985    940.53'I5'03924    83-18369

ISBN 0-8419-0832-X (set)

Manufactured in the United States of America

VOLUME ONE

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PREFACE ix

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CHAPTER ONE 3 PRECEDENTS

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CHAPTER TWO 29 ANTECEDENTS

CHAPTER THREE 51 THE STRUCTURE OF DESTRUCTION

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CHAPTER FOUR 63 DEFINITION BY DECREE

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CHAPTER FIVE 81 EXPROPRIATION

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Dismissals 83

Aryanizations 94 Property Taxes 134 Blocked Money 139

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Forced Labor and Wage Regulations 144 Special Income Taxes 148 Starvation Measures 149

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