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The Origins of Nazi Genocide
Henry Friedlander
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Paperback. Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies in Germany, this text explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and gypsies. It describes how the programme provided a practical model for the Holocaust. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 tables, bibliography, index, 1 illustration, notes. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies, Henry Friedlander explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and Gypsies. He describes how the so-called euthanasia of the handicapped provided a practical model for the later mass murder, thereby initiating the Holocaust. The Nazi regime pursued the extermination of Jews, Gypsies and the handicapped based on a belief in the biological, and thus absolute, inferiority of those groups. To document the connection between the assault on the handicapped and the Final Solution, Friedlander shows how the legal restrictions and ... Read more
Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies, Henry Friedlander explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and Gypsies. He describes how the so-called euthanasia of the handicapped provided a practical model for the later mass murder, thereby initiating the Holocaust. The Nazi regime pursued the extermination of Jews, Gypsies and the handicapped based on a belief in the biological, and thus absolute, inferiority of those groups. To document the connection between the assault on the handicapped and the Final Solution, Friedlander shows how the legal restrictions and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807846759
SKU
V9780807846759
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About Henry Friedlander
Henry Friedlander was professor of history in the department of Judaic studies at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and coeditor of the 26-volume Archives of the Holocaust Series.
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