Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Gold

Description: Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 they killed willingly and zealously. Notes Paperback edition of this fresh and controversial look at the Holocaust. Goldhagen examines German society and its inherent anti-semitism and uses material unexplored by previous historians. Testimony from actual perpetrators shows that, far from being coerced, they killed willingly and with enthusiasm. Ordinary Germans believed that the extermination of the Jews was necessary and just. "Shocking and well-documented... I hope this book will be widely read." A.N. Wilson, Evening Standard. B/w illus. Author Biography 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. Review ** 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 fa?ade stripping of one of the ghastliest episodes of human history. - DAILY MAIL** There is enough material here to disturb the human race to the end of time. - ROBERT KEE Kirkus UK Review A remarkable, exhaustively researched book. The author examines the question which must have preoccupied anyone who has ever considered the Holocaust: why did ordinary Germans inflict torture and suffering on millions? (Kirkus UK) Kirkus US Review An explosive work that shatters many of the assumptions and commonly accepted myths concerning the Holocaust. Goldhagen (Government and Social Studies/Harvard) offers irrefutable proof that will force us to reconsider our previous understanding of the Nazis genocidal project. Traditional explorations tended to accept at face value the usual defenses offered by the Germans: Either they did not know of the genocide or they were compelled to participate against their will. In this exhaustively documented and richly researched work, Goldhagen documents conclusively that the people who actively participated in the extermination program were indeed "ordinary Germans," neither fanatical Nazis nor members of the dreaded SS. By carefully studying the personnel of the death camps and police battalions, the author reveals that they were not forced to participate, nor were they brainwashed by the Nazi regime. One of the books many virtues is that it insists on placing antisemitism in a larger context; it permeated all segments of German society, including the proletariat, the professions, and the churches. Goldhagen thus offers a new conceptual framework for thinking about the Holocaust. Its documentation will make refutation nearly impossible. Further strengthening bis case, Goldhagen focuses on hitherto neglected aspects of the Holocaust: the police battalions and the death marches that occurred toward the end of the war. Both aspects support his thesis that the genocidal plans of the Nazis found an eagerly receptive audience in Germany. By comparing Nazi policies toward Jews, Slavs, and the infirm (the Euthanasia Program was denounced and resisted by the Germans), we can more clearly see and understand the enormity of the crime and the complicity of "ordinary Germans." A profoundly revolutionary work that demands a reexamination of the central moral problem of the 20th century. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description 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 they killed willingly and zealously. Review Quote ** 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 fa?ade stripping of one of the ghastliest episodes of human history. - DAILY MAIL** There is enough material here to disturb the human race to the end of time. - ROBERT KEE Description for Sales People A work of utmost originality and importance - as authoratative as it is explosive - that radically transforms our understanding of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. Details ISBN0349107866 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 1997 ISBN-10 0349107866 ISBN-13 9780349107868 Format Paperback Imprint Abacus Subtitle Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 940.5318 Illustrations b&w illustrations Media Book Pages 656 Language English Short Title HITLERS WILLING EXECUTIONERS O Publication Date 1997-03-03 UK Release Date 1997-03-03 Author Daniel Goldhagen Audience General NZ Release Date 1997-06-01 AU Release Date 1997-06-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1117599;

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