The Principles of Nazi Racial Policies in Occupied Poland

Book Chapter

Piotr Setkiewicz, “The Principles of Nazi Racial Policies in Occupied Poland.” Auschwitz: History, Place and People. An Academic Guide to the Camp Complex. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2021, p. 13-28.

 

Educational Resources

Discussion Prompts

  • Discuss the role of the Nazi racial hierarchy at Auschwitz.

Bibliography

Browning, Christopher R., and Jürgen Matthäus. The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942. Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

Davies, Norman. Rising ’44: The Battle for Warsaw. London: Macmillan, 2003.

Piper, Franciszek.  “The Origins of the Camp.” In Auschwitz 1940-1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp, edited by Aleksander Lasik, translated by William Brand, 1 The Establishment and Organization of the Camp, 39–62. Oświęcim: Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum, 2000.

Snyder, Timothy. Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin. New York: Basic Books, 2010.