Alexander B. Rossino
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Alexander B. Rossino is a research historian at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
in Washington, D.C.
with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
) from the Syracuse University
in New York
. He is best known for writing about Nazi Germany
in World War II
, the Holocaust in Poland and Jewish issues. He is the author of Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity published by University Press of Kansas
in 2003 and as paperback in 2005, one of the Top Ten Books of 2003 by Stone & Stone. Rossino lives in Arlington, Virginia.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
PHD
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) from the Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
in New York
New York
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. He is best known for writing about Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the Holocaust in Poland and Jewish issues. He is the author of Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity published by University Press of Kansas
University Press of Kansas
The University Press of Kansas is a publisher that represents the six state universities in the US state of Kansas — Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University...
in 2003 and as paperback in 2005, one of the Top Ten Books of 2003 by Stone & Stone. Rossino lives in Arlington, Virginia.
"Drawing on a plethora of primary source materials both in the United States and Germany, Rossino, research historian at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, has written a powerful book describing Operation TannenbergOperation TannenbergOperation Tannenberg was the codename for one of the extermination actions directed at the Polish people during World War II, part of the Generalplan Ost...
, the code name for the Nazi assault on Poland in 1939... essential reading for everyone interested in this type of ideology and total war..." (David Lee Poremba), "book that every student of the war, the HolocaustThe HolocaustThe Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
, and Nazi Germany will have to read." (Omer BartovOmer BartovOmer Bartov is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and Professor of German Studies at Brown University....
)
Scholarly publications
- Alexander B. Rossino, "Destructive Impulses: German Soldiers and the Conquest of Poland," Holocaust and Genocide Studies 11, no. 3 (winter 1997): 351–364. Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, in association with U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Alexander Brian Rossino, "September 1939: The German army and the invasion of Poland", Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, 1999, History - Alexander B. Rossino, "Eastern Europe Through German Eyes: Soldiers' Photographs 1939–42," History of Photography 23, 4 (Winter 1999): 313–21. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. of London England and Washington DC
- Alexander B. Rossino, "Nazi Anti-Jewish Policy during the Polish Campaign: The Case of Einsatzgruppe von Woyrsch," German Studies Review 24 (Feb. 2001): 37. Department of History, Carleton CollegeCarleton CollegeCarleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
, Northfield, MN - Alexander B. Rossino, "Polish 'Neighbors' and German Invaders: Contextualizing Anti-Jewish Violence in the Bialystok District during the Opening Weeks of Operation Barbarossa," Polin 16 (2003), 431–452.
- Alexander B. Rossino, "War of Extermination: The German Military in World War II, 1941-1944," Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 17, Number 3, Winter 2003, pp. 508-511. Oxford University Press. ISSN: 8756-6583
- Alexander B. Rossino, Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity. University Press of Kansas. Hardcover, 352 pages including photographs. ISBN 0700612343. Note from the Publisher.