rymen suffered greatly against stronger Soviet forces. Fighting on their own, squadrons performed poorly; some were annihilated. But when fighting in concert with other elements of the Wehrmacht, SS cavalrymen fought capably while displaying the brutality and fanaticism typical of the Waffen-SS. Still, by spring 1942, the SS Cavalry Brigade had largely ceased to exist. After suffering more than 50-percent casualties, units of the brigade were withdrawn, marking the end of its history. Pieper’s thoughtful and well-argued book relies on a thorough examination of archival sources. There is much to admire in this detailed, though brief study—a significant contribution to the literature on the Holocaust and the Waffen-SS. It depicts the brigade as a mobile murder formation that managed to kill tens of thousands of defenseless people and was instrumental in broadening the scope of exterminations to include Jewish women and children.

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眼前的地狱：1945年4月在德国的美国士兵解放集中营

黑尔曼遭受强大的苏联军队的打击。中队独自作战，表现不佳。一些被歼灭。但是，在与国防军的其他部队协同作战时，党卫军骑兵表现出了武装党卫军典型的野蛮和狂热，进行了出色的战斗。尽管如此，到1942年春季，党卫军骑兵旅基本上已经不复存在。在造成超过50％的人员伤亡之后，该旅的部队撤出，标志着其历史的终结。彼得的思想深思熟虑的书依赖对档案资料的透彻考察。这项详尽而简短的研究令人佩服，这对大屠杀和Waffen-SS的文献做出了重大贡献。