Explanation, understanding and holding Holocaust perpetrators responsible: the myth of the slippery slope to exculpation
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Explanation, understanding and holding Holocaust perpetrators responsible: the myth of the slippery slope to exculpation
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number809.93358/0024
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]01654k
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Lanham, Maryland, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University Press of America
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2005
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp174-211
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Studies in the Shoah Vol.XXVIII
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0761819762
NotesArticle from the book 'Murder most mercifull' pp174-211
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The topic of this essay can be rephrased as the question whether historical and psychological explanations of the Holocaust start us down the slippery slope to exculpation because they inevitably establish that perpetrators have a justification or a valid excuse for their immoral acts. The author argues no they do not