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02398aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 7FD9E66CFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181210s2019 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0198797095 020 $a 9780198797098 035 $a (OCoLC)1078424224 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d YDXIT $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a D757 R6613 2019 100 1 $a RoÌmer, Felix, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Comrades : $b the Wehrmacht from within / $c Felix RoÌmer ; translated from the German by Alex J. Kay. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a viii, 383 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Comrades' is a new history of the mentalities of ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers, based on recently discovered intelligence records from the American interrogation camp Fort Hunt near Washington, where German prisoners of war were interned and secretly listened in on during the Second World War. US Military Intelligence captured tens of thousands of open conversations between Wehrmacht soldiers and recorded them in verbatim transcripts. The resulting collection offers new insights into the thinking and worldviews of ordinary members of Hitler's armed forces - their attitudes towards National Socialism and the 'Fuhrer', their views of the war and their experiences during the fighting, and their knowledge of and participation in war crimes and the Holocaust. The0accompanying biographical information reveals how their mindsets were connected to their individual paths through the Third Reich, the Wehrmacht, and the war. The book offers a nuanced and realistic account of life in the Wehrmacht, based on unique source material, which allows us to see the Second World War through the eyes of the protagonists. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Germany. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $x History $y 20th century. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 700 1 $a Kay, Alex J., $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221103011648.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FD9E66CFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search