Masters Of Death - Hardcover

Rhodes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903985560 ISBN 13: 9781903985564

Publisher: Basic Books, 2002

Synopsis

Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust ASIN:1903985560 EAN:9781903985564

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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

Synopsis

This text presents a history of the killing fields on the Eastern front of World War II. It is based on new material available from Russian and other Eastern European archives from Baltic countries like Latvia. The SS Einsatzgruppen were a few thousand members of the special German police force - the real rough guys, not the elite Waffen SS stags. They were the men who moved in just behind the German army in conquered territory and did the dirty work of "stabilizing" the population, a euphemism for the most ruthless killing spree of the century. The furiosity of the violence in the East, the pure sadism of it, is astonishing. This book documents the planning and execution of the programme in tragic detail, filling a gap in the history of the Third Reich and explaining motives that have seemed obscure if not incomprehensible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903985560
• ISBN 13: 9781903985564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368