The Senior Leadership Cadre of the Geheime Feldpolizei, 1939–1945
In the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal proceedings, the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) was adjudged not to have been a criminal organization as defined “within the charge of criminality contained in the Indictment.” The tribunal did, however, determine that GFP personnel committed both war crim...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2003
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 278-304 |
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| Summary: | In the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal proceedings, the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) was adjudged not to have been a criminal organization as defined “within the charge of criminality contained in the Indictment.” The tribunal did, however, determine that GFP personnel committed both war crimes and crimes against humanity “on a wide scale.” Despite this judgment, senior GFP officials were never prosecuted for crimes committed by GFP personnel. This article provides a detailed analysis of forty‐five senior GFP leaders, based in part on hitherto unavailable primary sources. It examines four main areas: the leaders' social origins and career patterns; the role of the GFP in the Vernichtungskrieg during the invasion of the Soviet Union; the senior GFP officials' political affiliations and attempts to influence postwar denazification; and their postwar careers. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcg002 |