A provocation to a new Historikerstreit
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]A provocation to a new Historikerstreit
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0303
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]02789a
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University of Minnesota Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1998
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp31-33
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the book 'Unwilling Germans' pp33-33
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.