Norman J. W. Goda Livres

11.3. Word Leaks: From the Ghettos to the Allies

Sentenced to long prison terms at the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg, seven of Adolf Hitler's closest associates - Rudolf Hess, Albert Speer, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Walther Funk, Konstantin von Neurath, and Baldur von Schirach - were to have become forgotten men at Berlin's Spandau Prison. Instead they became the focus of a bitter four decade tug-of-war between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies - a dispute on the fault line of the Cold War itself which drew in heads-of-state, military strategists, powerful businessmen, vocal church leaders, old-world aristocrats, international spies, and neo-Nazis. Drawing on long-secret records from four countries, Norman J. W. Goda provides an exciting new perspective on the terrifying shadow thrown by Nazi Germany on the Cold War years, and how that shadow helped to influence the Cold War itself.

This book, stemming from the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, explores US intelligence agencies' insights into Nazi crimes and their involvement in the Holocaust. It highlights corporate profiteering from Jewish property expropriation and uncovers Cold War ties between the US and former Nazi officers, offering a unique view of intelligence operations.

Did Adolf Hitler's Germany have ambitions in the Western Hemisphere? In the 1920s, Hitler suggested that the Nordic struggle for racial dominance would extend globally, though his focus was often on Europe. Norman J. W. Goda explores documentary evidence showing that Germany's long-term strategy, established early in World War II, targeted the United States after conquering Europe. Even before the war in Europe commenced, Berlin was contracting for a large surface navy and developing a transatlantic bomber. This well-argued book primarily examines Germany's covert efforts to secure base sites for these weapons in French North and West Africa, Spain's Canary Islands, and Portugal's Azores and Cape Verde Islands, from the surrender of France in June 1940 to the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942. Hitler prioritized these bases over the war against Great Britain and ranked them just below the Eastern Campaign. Ultimately, Berlin's attempts to secure these sites failed, alienating Spain and France and undermining their potential support. German military intelligence also miscalculated American capabilities, leaving Northwest Africa unprepared for the 1942 invasion. Goda challenges traditional views of Hitler's Germany as opportunistic and limited to Europe, providing substantial evidence that Hitler's ambitions were based on concrete military plans. This meticulously researched study offers new insights into the dipl

This collection of essays presents newly uncovered evidence regarding war crimes and the activities of war criminals during and after World War II, based on recently released CIA and Army records. Key topics include insights into major Nazi figures, their connections to the Middle East, and the roles of former Gestapo officers. Additionally, it explores the involvement of Allied intelligence with right-wing politics and Ukrainian nationalists. Originally published by the National Archives, this volume sheds light on complex historical narratives and postwar ramifications.

For many years, histories of the Holocaust focused on its perpetrators, and only recently have more scholars begun to consider in detail the experiences of victims and survivors, as well as the documents they left behind. This volume contains new research from internationally established scholars. It provides an introduction to and overview of Jewish narratives of the Holocaust. The essays include new considerations of sources ranging from diaries and oral testimony to the hidden Oyneg Shabbes archive of the Warsaw Ghetto; arguments regarding Jewish narratives and how they fit into the larger fields of Holocaust and Genocide studies; and new assessments of Jewish responses to mass murder ranging from ghetto leadership to resistance and memory.-- Provided by Publisher

Albert Speer, Rudolf Heß und fünf weitere hohe Vertreter des Dritten Reichs* wurden in den Nürnberger Prozessen zu langjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt. Doch was sollte mit ihnen geschehen? Norman Goda schildert, wie sich die vier Siegermächte in harten, bereits vom Kalten Krieg geprägten Verhandlungen auf einen Ort für das Gefängnis und auf strenge Haftregelungen einigten. Während die Vertreter der Sowjetunion die NS-Verbrecher möglichst hart bestrafen wollten, wünschten die westlichen Mächte eine mildere Behandlung. Spannend zu lesen ist, mit welchen Maßnahmen verhindert werden sollte, dass die Gefangenen zu Märtyrern stilisiert wurden. Goda macht deutlich, wie sehr die Sowjets von der Angst getrieben waren, der Nationalsozialismus in Deutschland könne wieder erstarken. Und das Ende? Nach dem Tod von Rudolf Heß 1987 wurde das Spandauer Gefängnis dem Erdboden gleichgemacht – kein Bruchstück eines Steins blieb übrig, um alten und neuen Nazis als Reliquie zu dienen.