Published to vast controversy and acclaim, this groundbreaking work lays to rest one of the most persistent myths about the Holocaust: that most Germans were either ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews or participated in it reluctantly. Goldhagen's compelling body of evidence reveals the the Final Solution was a national endeavor that engaged the energies and enthusiasm of thousands of ordinary German citizens. 33 photos. 8 maps.
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Published to vast controversy and acclaim, this groundbreaking work lays to rest one of the most persistent myths about the Holocaust: that most Germans were either ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews or participated in it reluctantly. Goldhagen's compelling body of evidence reveals the the Final Solution was a national endeavor that engaged the energies and enthusiasm of thousands of ordinary German citizens. 33 photos. 8 maps.
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You read in one history book or another that the Nazis killed millions of Jews, and the text just passes before you without much meaning. This book takes you to the day-by-day, hour-by-hour level of how is carried out. How the order comes down to the troops (police battalions mostly) to round up the Jews in some city; how the troops react to the order (some ask their girlfriends to join them) and some decline to participate, because it is all voluntary duty; and how the troops take relish in, not simply to carry out their duty, but to inflict as much pain and humiliation on the victims as possible ? killing them is not enough. The main premise of the book is that anti-Semitism was an integral character of the German people and it did not take much persuasion for the Nazis to unleash these hidden demons for their own diabolical ends.
At times, the book did get a little repetitive, making the same point over and over again, but there is ample, original research throughout to make it worthwhile reading.
cindobindo
Sep 17, 2008
How the Holocaust was possible
This is a VERY disturbing book. It is well-written, with copious footnotes, and Goldhagen makes a VERY strong case for his belief that anti-Semitism in Germany was "in the air" LONG before Hitler, and that what Hitler did was to give that anti-Semitism a government-backed outlet. Goldhagen uses documents and quotes from the Germans themselves to make his points. One of the most disturbing forms the title of the book. It is widely believed that Germans assisted in the slaughter of Jews, or at least did nothing to stop it, out of fear of being executed or otherwise punished if they did. Goldhagen cites sources indicating that that was NOT the case, that it occured sometimes that officers would tell their men that they didn't have to join in an ordered mass killing if they didn't want to, and would not get any punishment for refusing to. Even so, hardly anyone DID refuse. And the men and units written about in the book WERE "ordinary Germans", belonging to non-military units of the "order police", who were reservists who were civilians, teachers, doctors, civil servants and the like, when not on duty in their units. Their viciousness in tormenting their victims before their killings began is outlined in chilling detail. The Germans' abrupt and dreadful change of manner when some supposed German citizens are suddenly identified as Jews is sickening. The German men involved wrote orders and journal entries, and sent letters home, including photographs, often of themselves grinning at the mistreatment of their Jewish victims, and some of the photos and writings are included in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who wonders about the Holocaust and the German attitudes that made it possible there,but it is NOT a book for the squeamish.
