Masters of Death: The Ss-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust - Hardcover

Rhodes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375409009 ISBN 13: 9780375409004

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2002

Synopsis

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian challenges traditional interpretations of the Holocaust in a study that describes the role of the Einsatzgruppen, task forces deployed in Eastern Europe by the SS, whose job was to slaughter Eastern European Jews, the development of less personalized means of murder, and Hitler's eventual plans to annihilate members of other ethnic groups. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

Through his fine and accessible account, Rhodes deepens our sense of the Holocaust s utter evil. The New York Times Book Review
Graphic and sometimes lurid. Yet this is how the story must be told for readers to grasp the depth of the horror. . . . The impact of this story is profound. The Washington Post Book World
A vivid account. . . . Should contribute to better understanding of Nazi Germany and its crimes. Los Angeles Times Book Review
A pointed reminder that all of us even the most ordinary are capable of horrendous acts of violence. The Denver Post
This is an important and enormously powerful book. Elie Wiesel
Powerful. . . . Not only an important work but a morally necessary one. Houston Chronicle

Rhodes breaks searing ground. . . . Without reminders like this, we might never learn. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Graphically and chillingly details the work of the special killing battalions of Himmler s SS. . . Extremely well-written. . . [A] fine work of gruesome history. Jerusalem Post
Powerfully concise. . . [Rhodes] continues his authoritative research with a story that is wrenching in human terms. The Kansas City Star
Riveting history. . . Unrelenting. The Weekly Standard
This latest contribution to the debate about the origins of Nazi behavior the processes of socialization to butchery is dreadfully timely. Newsweek
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"Through his fine and accessible account, Rhodes deepens our sense of the Holocaust's utter evil." --The New York Times Book Review

"Graphic and sometimes lurid. Yet this is how the story must be told for readers to grasp the depth of the horror. . . . The impact of this story is profound." --The Washington Post Book World

"A vivid account. . . . Should contribute to better understanding of Nazi Germany and its crimes." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A pointed reminder that all of us--even the most ordinary--are capable of horrendous acts of violence." --The Denver Post

"This is an important and enormously powerful book." --Elie Wiesel

"Powerful. . . . Not only an important work but a morally necessary one."-Houston Chronicle

"Rhodes breaks searing ground. . . . Without reminders like this, we might never learn."-Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Graphically and chillingly details the work of the special killing battalions of Himmler's SS. . . Extremely well-written. . . [A] fine work of gruesome history."-Jerusalem Post

"Powerfully concise. . . [Rhodes] continues his authoritative research with a story that is wrenching in human terms."-The Kansas City Star

"Riveting history. . . Unrelenting."-The Weekly Standard

"This latest contribution to the debate about the origins of Nazi behavior-the processes of socialization to butchery-is dreadfully timely."-Newsweek

About the Author:

Richard Rhodes is the author of nineteen books. His The Making of the Atomic Bomb won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. He has received Guggenheim, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowships, and lectures frequently to college and professional audiences. Rhodes and his wife live in California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375409009
• ISBN 13: 9780375409004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335