The extermination of the European Jews in its historical context

Hillgruber, Andreas
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Title The extermination of the European Jews in its historical context : a recapitulation.
Host Item Yad Vashem Studies 17 (1986) 1-16
Description Discusses whether the antisemitic agitation of the late 19th century in Germany led inevitably to the Nazi murder of the Jews. Research indicates that antisemitism in Germany was moderate at that time compared to Russia and Austria. Radical racist antisemitism only became an essential element in German nationalism as a result of World War I and the German defeat. Antisemitism was important for the cohesion of the Nazi Party but marginal in winning public support. In 1933, antisemitism became state policy but most Germans were satisfied with legal restrictions on the Jews. States that even if Hitler had planned a racist war of annihilation of the Jews from the outset, his aims were not shared by the rest of the leadership and contradicted the policy of emigration. However, Hitler began the annihilation with the T4 euthanasia project. The difficulties encountered in T4 may explain why he never gave an explicit written order for the Final Solution. The real problem is how to explain the compliance of so many people in the murders. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Appeared in German as "Der geschichtliche Ort der Judenverfolgung" in "Der Mord an den Juden in zweiten Weltkrieg" (1985) 213-225.
Language English
German
Credits באדיבות יש ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Courtesy of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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