A provocation to a new Historikerstreit
TitleA provocation to a new Historikerstreit
Author
Call number940.5318/0303
Object number02789a
Place of publicationMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
Year of publication
1998
Physical descriptionpp31-33
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'Unwilling Germans' pp33-33
Description
This article looks at explaining the Holocaust by relating it to the society of the Third Reich and anti-semitism in general. It looks at the involvement of ordinary Germans, a cross section of society, who murdered not under duress, but eagerly without any apparent scruples. It also discusses why this occurred in German society, and how it was merely an extension of a belief at the time to free Europe of Jews.