Hitler's collaborators: choosing between bad and worse in Nazi-occupied Western Europe

Introduction: dealing with the past

Starting with the end: liberation and the post-war purges of collaborators

The nature of the beast: the Nazi new order and the Nazi occupation of northern and western Europe

Collaboration with the grain of occupation, 1940-1942

Economic collaboration, 1940-1942

The collaboration of officials, 1940-1942

Collaboration against the grain of occupation, 1942-1944: the deportation of Jews

Collaboration against the grain of occupation, 1942-1945: the deportation of works

Conclusion: officials will be officials.