Book chapter
THE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF STANDARDIZED KARAKUL SHEEP AND FRONTIER SETTLEMENT IN THE EMPIRES OF HITLER, MUSSOLINI, AND SALAZAR
New Natures
08 Jul 2013
Abstract
In May 1944 Heinrich Himmler wrote to the SS Brigadenführer Körner urging him to take charge of a karakul sheep flock recently arrived at the SS-Truppenübungsplatz Böhmen, a vast Waffen-SS training area located in the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.¹ The flock had been brought in by agriculture officers of the Military Administration of Russland-Süd and arrived in Bohemia following rapid German retreat on the Eastern front. Himmler made clear his personal interest in the fate of the sheep herd and even inquired about the possibility of buying part of it. The ownership of the animals was
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- Title
- THE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF STANDARDIZED KARAKUL SHEEP AND FRONTIER SETTLEMENT IN THE EMPIRES OF HITLER, MUSSOLINI, AND SALAZAR
- Creators
- TIAGO Saraiva
- Contributors
- DOLLY Jørgensen (Editor)FINN ARNE Jørgensen (Editor)SARA B. Pritchard (Editor)
- Publication Details
- New Natures
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- History
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84945335850
- Other Identifier
- 991019173779804721