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Summary: Outstanding Reference Work
Review: Many books have been written about the Holocaust, SS and the Nazi regime in general. Where many of them fail is in referring to individuals as if the reader understands exactly where they fitted into the overall picture and is familiar with them.If you have made more than a cursory journey through this fascinating and terrifying period this book is an essential source of reference. The author has diligently uncovered, at the very least, the basic identity of virtually every individual who served in the concentration camp system. That many of them subsequently 'graduated' to front line service in the Waffen SS does not disguise the reality that they had camp 'pedigrees' - somewhat at odds with the popular 'we were only soldiers' cop out. So next time a name, whether familiar or unfamiliar, crops up in a World War 2 oriented publication you are reading chances are you could reach for this book and find his ( or her!) personal details, service record, and maybe even a photograph. Had this book been released shortly after 1945 I am certain it would have caused a great deal of discomfort to a number of individuals who subsequently covered themselves in shrouds of anonymity.
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Summary: Outstanding Reference Work
Review: Many books have been written about the Holocaust, SS and the Nazi regime in general. Where many of them fail is in referring to individuals as if the reader understands exactly where they fitted into the overall picture and is familiar with them. If you have made more than a cursory journey through this fascinating and terrifying period this book is an essential source of reference. The author has diligently uncovered, at the very least, the basic identity of virtually every individual who served in the concentration camp system. That many of them subsequently 'graduated' to front line service in the Waffen SS does not disguise the reality that they had camp 'pedigrees' - somewhat at odds with the popular 'we were only soldiers' cop out. So next time a name, whether familiar or unfamiliar, crops up in a World War 2 oriented publication you are reading chances are you could reach for this book and find his ( or her!) personal details, service record, and maybe even a photograph. Had this book been released shortly after 1945 I am certain it would have caused a great deal of discomfort to a number of individuals who subsequently covered themselves in shrouds of anonymity.
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Summary: Una grande ricerca
Review: Per gli appassionati i libri di French MacLean sono stati una rivelazione. In particolare, in questo "The Camp Men" viene fatta definitiva luce sui rapporti fra le SS impegnate nei campi e le Waffen SS e più in generale sulla storia personale di quanti offrirono la propria anima al folle incubo nazista (provenienza, studi, onoreficenze, stato di servizio). Il lavoro sulle fonti è denso e accurato, l'organizzazione dei dati è puntuale, le conclusioni sono semplici e dirette. Non si tratta di un libro di uno storico: direi che l'approccio è più archivistico o statistico. Ma questi dati sono talmente immediati che chiunque abbia un minimo di conoscenza della storia delle SS non potrà che riconoscere che di uno studio del genere si sentiva assolutamente bisogno. Altamente raccomandato assieme a "The Field Men" e a "The Cruel Hunters", sempre di French MacLean.
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Summary: Una grande ricerca
Review: Per gli appassionati i libri di French MacLean sono stati una rivelazione. In particolare, in questo "The Camp Men" viene fatta definitiva luce sui rapporti fra le SS impegnate nei campi e le Waffen SS e più in generale sulla storia personale di quanti offrirono la propria anima al folle incubo nazista (provenienza, studi, onoreficenze, stato di servizio). Il lavoro sulle fonti è denso e accurato, l'organizzazione dei dati è puntuale, le conclusioni sono semplici e dirette. Non si tratta di un libro di uno storico: direi che l'approccio è più archivistico o statistico. Ma questi dati sono talmente immediati che chiunque abbia un minimo di conoscenza della storia delle SS non potrà che riconoscere che di uno studio del genere si sentiva assolutamente bisogno. Altamente raccomandato assieme a "The Field Men" e a "The Cruel Hunters", sempre di French MacLean.
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Summary: Disappointing Book
Review: This was the first WW2 book I read that I was not happy with. The previous reviews gave a false impression as to the content of the book, which was the original reason for my purchase. The book is nothing more than a "directory" of names of those personnel that served in the camps---no pictures at all! The photo section was not impressive, except for several photos of Auschwitz-Birkenau. This would probably be better advertised as a history reference book, don't expect anything more than cold, hard facts here.
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Summary: Disappointing Book
Review: This was the first WW2 book I read that I was not happy with. The previous reviews gave a false impression as to the content of the book, which was the original reason for my purchase. The book is nothing more than a "directory" of names of those personnel that served in the camps---no pictures at all! The photo section was not impressive, except for several photos of Auschwitz-Birkenau. This would probably be better advertised as a history reference book, don't expect anything more than cold, hard facts here.
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