Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. In the Beginning There Was Violence: “Protective Custody” and Arrests of Jews, 1933–1934 17
5. 2. Inside the Early Concentration Camps: Abuse, Isolation, and Murder of Jews, 1933–1934 58
6. 3. Her Transport to the Concentration Camp Has Been Ordered: Arrests and Imprisonment of Jewish Women, 1933–1939 100
7. 4. Cementing the Enemy Category: Jews in the Evolving SS Concentration Camp System, 1935–1938 133
8. 5. Instruments of Mass Persecution: The Concentration Camps and Anti-Jewish Policy in 1938 168
9. 6. The Calm after the Storm? Jews in the Concentration Camps in 1939 211
10. Conclusion 230
11. Appendix: SS Ranks and U.S. Army Equivalents 237
12. Abbreviations 239
13. Notes 243
14. Bibliography 329
15. Acknowledgments 348
16. Index 351