Hitler's Prisons Explained

Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany is a 2004 book by Nikolaus Wachsmann, a modern European history professor. Wachsmann argues that the Nazi judiciary played a key role in Nazi terror. The prison systems inflicted harsh punishments against Jews, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses while enforcing Nazi racial policies.^[1] Wachsmann describes how law enforcement promoted the Nazi and terror acts in Germany before and during World War II^[2] and each chapter describes a specific topic relating to political prisoner terror. The book illuminates the bureaucratic and institutional history of prisons and the history of inmates themselves.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. McKale, D. (2005). Reviewed work: hitler’s prisons: legal terror in nazi germany by nikolaus wachsmann. JSTOR. Vol. 110. No. 3
2. Turner, H. (June 2006). Nikolaus wachsmann, hitler's prisons: legal terror in nazi germany. The Journal of Modern History 78, No. 2.
3. Edelheit, A. (2004). Hitler’s prisons: legal terror in nazi germany. Jewish Book Council.
4. McKale. Donald M.. Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany. The American Historical Review. 110. 3. 2005. 888–889. 0002-8762. 10.1086/ahr.110.3.888.
5. Hett. Benjamin Carter. Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany. By Nikolaus Wachsmann. Central European History. 38. 4. 2008. 690. 0008-9389. 10.1017/S0008938900005926. 143935657.
6. Steinbacher. S.. Book Review: Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany. European History Quarterly. 37. 2. 2007. 357–358. 0265-6914. 10.1177/026569140703700233. 144332264.
7. Nathans. E.. Book Review: Hitler's prisons: Legal terror in Nazi Germany. Punishment & Society. 8. 4. 2006. 487–490. 1462-4745. 10.1177/146247450600800404. 144950523.