Architects of annihilation: Auschwitz and the logic of destruction / G�tz Aly and Susanne Heim; translated by A.G. Blunden

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. English Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 378 pages; 24 cm. Notes: Translated from the German. Contents: 'Entjudung': the systematic removal of Jews from Germany's social and economic life -- Looking to the east -- Demographic economics: the emergence of a new science -- War and resettlement -- Living life as a member of the master race -- The Government General: an exercise in German redevelopment -- 1940: plans, experiments and lessons learned -- Interim reflection -- The economic exploitation of the ghettos -- 'Population surpluses' in the European trading area -- The war against the Soviet Union and the annihilation of 'X millions' of people -- The 'General Plan for the East' -- Conclusions. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Causes. Politics and government. War Causes. Holocaust, Jewish Philosophy. Holocaust, Jewish Causes. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Philosophy. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Causes. Antisemitism Germany History 20th century. National socialism. Germany History Third Reich, 1933-1945.