ODILO GLOBOCNIK: HITLER'S MAN IN THE EAST

Odilo Globocnik, a collaborator of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, was responsible for the deaths of at least 1.5 million people in three Nazi camps in occupied Poland: Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec. Along with Rudolf Hoss, Globocnik may be named as one of the first industrial-style killers in history. Betraying his homeland by conspiring with Hitler to destroy Austria's independence, he then launched the Generalplan-Ost, which was to expel over 100 million Slavs into Western Siberia, and played a pivotal role in Aktion Reinhardt, directing the entire programme from early 1942 until September 1943, and writing letters to Himmler detailing goods looted from his victims, Globocnik's Lublin Distrikt gulag was not merely a vehicle for a well-organised pogram; it also involved creating a highly organised network of ghettos and forced labour camps. By the winter of 1943 nearly all of the Jews of the Lublin Distrikt had been exterminated, leaving only skilled labourers used in Globocnik's industrial conglomerates. His ethnic cleansing teams, assisted by Ukrainian policing units, also cleared the Polish peasant farmers from the Zamosc lands. Very little has been published on Globocnik, most especially the four years he spent in Lublin. This authoritative biography, relying on exhaustive research including interviews and primary documents, details every aspect of his life, from his ancestry to his suicide after being captured. Information has been researched from more than thirty international archives, Globocnik's SS file, extensive interviews with his lover Irmgard Rickheim and others, a wealth of letters both personal and formal, internal memorandums and official reports of the SS, diaries, and the reminiscences of survivors. Includes rare photographs, many from the collection of Irmgard Rickheim. NB price quoted may be subject to change - a fluctuating rate set by the official UK importer.