Networks Of Nazi Persecution ― Bureaucracy, Business, And The Organization Of The Holocaust

Feldman (history, U. of California, Berkeley), Seibel (political science, U. of Konstanz, Germany) and contributors look at how the Holocaust was organized, from a standpoint of the business and bureaucracy utilized for the persecution and mass-murder of Jews. The book is divided into sections that address rivalry and competition; cooperation and collaboration; decentral initiative and vertical integration; and structure, agency, and the logic of radicalization. Topics include organized looting, seizure of property, cooperation and collaboration, corruption, local initiatives and central coordination, and the involvement and interconnections of businesses, military, Gestapo, SS, and civilians, in Germany, the Netherlands, the occupied Soviet Territories, France, and elsewhere. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Wolfgang Seibel is Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Previous appointments include guest professorships at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna (1992), and the University of California at Berkeley (1994). He was also a temporary member of the School of Social Science (1989/90) and of the School of Historical Studies (2003) of the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. Currently (2004/2005) he is a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. His research is mainly devoted to issues of politics, public bureaucracy and non-governmental organizations.