Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945: the years of extermination

This work is based on a vast array of contemporary sources and recent historical literature. Its interpretive framework is founded on the lethal impact of several converging factors: the growing crisis and the collapse of liberal democracy throughout continental Europe on the eve of the Second World War and during its first year, the antisemitic tradition it exacerbated, the raging anti-Jewish campaign of Hitler's Germany and the readiness of its leader to implement his extermination threats against the Jews. Includes the reactions of the surrounding world and related facets of everyday life.