Hannes Heer is a historian and film director.

• List of AbbreviationsPrefaceVolker R. BerghahnIntroductionHannes Heer and Klaus NaumannChapter 1. The Concept of the War of Annihilation: Clausewitz, Ludendorff, HitlerJan Philipp ReemtsmaPART I: CRIMESChapter 2. “Coming Along to Shoot Some Jews?” The Destruction of the Jews in SerbiaWalter ManoschekChapter 3. Killing Fields: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belorussia, 1941–42Hannes HeerChapter 4. Soviet Prisoners of War in the Hands of the WehrmachtChristian StreitChapter 5. The Logic of the War of Extermination: The Wehrmacht and the Anti-Partisan WarHannes HeerChapter 6. Men of 20 July and the War in the Soviet UnionChristian GerlachChapter 7. Military Violence and the National Socialist Consensus: The Wehrmacht in Greece, 1941–44Mark MazowerChapter 8. Civitella della Chiana on 29 June 1944: The Reconstruction of a German “Measure”Michael GeyerPART II: FORMATIONSChapter 9. Local Headquarters Liepaja: Two Months of German Occupation in the Summer of 1941Margers VestermanisChapter 10. On the Way to Stalingrad: The 6th Army in 1941–42Bernd Boll and Hans SafrianChapter 11. Incident at Baranivka: German Reprisals and the Soviet Partisan Movement in Ukraine, October–December 1941Truman AndersonChapter 12. Korück 582Theo J. SchulteChapter 13. How Amorality Became Normality: Reflections on the Mentality of German Soldiers on the Eastern FrontHannes HeerChapter 14. Emptying the Gaze: Framing Violence through the ViewfinderBernd HüppaufPART III: AFTERMATHChapter 15. Forward Defense: The “Memorandum of the Generals” for the Nuremberg CourtManfred MesserschmidtChapter 16. Whose History Is It, Anyway? The Wehrmacht and German HistoriographyOmer BartovChapter 17. The “Unblemished” Wehrmacht: The Social History of a MythKlaus NaumannNotes on ContributorsAppendix: Charts and MapsIndex of NamesIndex of Locations

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