The Black Book: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain
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The terrible truth behind Nazi Germany's plans for Great Britain, after WWII In July 1940, Walter Schellenberg of the German Secret Service drew up a list of 2,694 people believed to be living in Britain, who were known enemies of the Reich. In that month, the Wehrmacht was poised across the Channel ready to hit Britain with blitzkrieg, the terrible and hugely successful tactic that had already overwhelmed Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France.The names on Schellenberg's list represent the heart and soul of a nation that made the British what they were but the list also includes a diaspora from Europe – the intellectuals, politicians and writers who had been driven out of their own homelands by the speed of the German conquests. All human life is there – lives that were, to the Nazis, unworthy of life.Historians have found the list a curiosity. Surely, it cannot be real? It was. The Black Book is the first book to evaluate the list, and look at the chilling reality of what Hitler had in store for the nation.
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Mei Trow. The Black Book: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain
CONTENTS
SEARCHING THE LIST
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THE WAR THAT WAS – SEPTEMBER 1939-JULY 1940
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THE WAR THAT WAS TO BE – AUGUST 1940
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WHEN THE INVADER COMES
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THE LIST MAKERS
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A HANDBOOK FOR THE GESTAPO
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CIRCLES OF GUILT
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THE INNER SANCTUM
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‘THEY ALSO SERVE …’
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‘ENEMY CULTURAL INSTITUTES’
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THE FOURTH ESTATE
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‘JUDMAS’
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BUSINESS AS USUAL
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THE TRAITORS
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THE SPYING GAME
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THE OTHERS
NAZIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
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IF THE EAGLE HAD LANDED
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COPYRIGHT
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INTRODUCTION
In July 1940, as the seemingly invincible Wehrmacht stood poised across the Channel to invade Britain, Walter Schellenberg, SS Brigadeführer, leader of Amt IV EII of the Reich Central Security Office (RSHA), was ordered to compile a list. It would contain the names of individuals, British and foreign, who could be seen as the spearhead of anti-Reich elements in the United Kingdom. A similar list had already been drawn up for Poland and the result was that most of the 61,000 names on that list had been imprisoned or murdered by the end of 1939.
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Two days later, the Wehrmacht marched into Sedan unopposed. The French army retreated, determined to hold the Meuse with their heavy artillery. As Queen Wilhelmina and her advisers left for England to become another government in exile, Giraud’s Seventh Army was in full retreat, pushed back by Guderian and, another rising star in the Wehrmacht galaxy, Erwin Rommel.
That was the day that Churchill made one of his most famous speeches in the House. ‘I have nothing to offer you,’ he said, ‘but blood, toil, tears and sweat.’
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