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This book offers a sobering historical examination of Nazi occupation policies in the Soviet Union during World War II. Drawing on Adolf Hitler’s chilling directive—that the war in the East would be a war of annihilation, where cruelty itself was a future benefit—the text explores the systematic crimes committed on occupied Soviet territory. Historians from Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Latvia, and Belarus contribute to a nuanced analysis. They debate whether the atrocities were the result of a premeditated plan, or driven by racial ideology versus seemingly rational economic and military considerations. The book also investigates which segments of the Soviet population were specifically targeted and why. For those seeking a scholarly, multi-national perspective on the brutal reality of Nazi occupation, this volume provides a critical and well-researched resource.