Hitler, the Germans, and the Final SolutionA deeply insightful social history of Hitler’s rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third ReichThis book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period’s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw’s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections—Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography—and Kershaw provides an introduction and a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism.Kershaw was a founding historian of the social history of the Third Reich, and he has throughout his career conducted pioneering research on the societal causes and consequences of Nazi policy. His work has brought much to light concerning the ways in which the attitudes of the German populace shaped and did not shape Nazi policy. This volume presents a comprehensive, multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership and of the attitudes and behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide. |
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Contents
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Hitler in Light of His Speeches | 49 |
Hitlers Role in the Final Solution | 89 |
Popular Opinion and the jews in Nazi Germany | 139 |
Hitler and the Holocaust | 237 |
The Problem of Historicization | 282 |
Historiographical Trends | 303 |
The Uniqueness ofNazism | 343 |
War and Political Violence in TwentiethCentury Europe 3 61 | 383 |
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| Title | Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution |
| Author | Ian Kershaw |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0300148232, 9780300148237 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State History / Europe / General History / Europe / Germany History / Holocaust Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations |
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