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Hitler´s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Daniel Goldhagen
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Paperback. An exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945. The author aims to show that the perpetrators of the Holocaust were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to kill, but did so willingly and zealously. Num Pages: 656 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 472. 8vo
Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is: How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945. The author marshals fresh, primary evidence - including extensive testimony from the actual perpetrators - to show that the killers were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to act as they did (they knew they could refuse without retribution) yet ... Read more
Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is: How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945. The author marshals fresh, primary evidence - including extensive testimony from the actual perpetrators - to show that the killers were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to act as they did (they knew they could refuse without retribution) yet ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349107868
SKU
KEX0293487
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99-1
About Daniel Goldhagen
Daniel Goldhagen is Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University. His doctoral disseration, which is the basis for this book, won the Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in the field of comparative politics.
Reviews for Hitler´s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
'A monumental achievement.
SUNDAY TIMES
'Powerful and well-researched... this book stimulates thought... It is a serious book written by a gifted scholar.
TLS
'As stomach churning in its grueseome detail as it is mind-blowing for its radical façade stripping of one of the ghastliest episodes of human history.
DAILY MAIL
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