The Germans and the Final Solution: Public Opinion Under Nazism (Jewish Society & Culture S.) - Hardcover

Bankier, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631179682 ISBN 13: 9780631179689

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1992

Synopsis

This study engages with one of the most controversial of questions regarding Hitler's "Final Solution": Namely, to what degree did the German public actively assent to the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime? David Bankier addresses this question with regard to the German public as a whole, drawing upon a range of documents and sources, including the files of the Nazi security services, diplomatic and allied intelligence materials, the reports of government and party authorities, and eyewitness accounts.

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Review:

"This is a subtle and well–documented argument that notably advances our understanding of German popular opinion towards the Nazis′ anti–Semitic policies." Inside Out

"A well written and important book that deserves to be widely read and to be placed in every public library." Times Higher Education Supplement

"Bankier′s book will be welcomed by anyone teaching German history, Nazism, or the Holocaust, because it is the first book to answer comprehensively the most common student question in any discussion of the Holocaust: What did average Germans know and how did they feel about Hitler′s antisemitic propaganda and mass murder?" Choice

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This compelling and meticulously researched investigation engages with one of the most controversial of questions regarding Hitler′s Final Solution: namely, to what degree did the German public actively assent to the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime?

David Bankier address this question with regard to the German public as a whole, drawing upon a wide range of documents and sources, including the extensive files of the Nazi security services, diplomatic and Allied intelligence materials, the reports of government and party authorities, and eyewitness accounts. Much of this material has never previously been brought to the light of day.

The Germans and the Final Solution stand as the fullest assessment to date of the attitudes of the German public to the Nazi policy of antisemitism and its genocidal conclusion. David Bankier′s pathbreaking work will be widely read by scholars and students of contemporary European Jewish history and the history of Nazi Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0631179682
• ISBN 13: 9780631179689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304