The Origins of the Final Solution. The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942

A detailed, punctilious description of the way the brutality of the German invasion of Poland, Russian and the Baltic States spiralled into genocide. Difficult to read but necessary to dispel some of myths that have accrued round the Holocaust, noticeably that idea that it was all the work of a few evil men: evil men there were but there were also a host of men who accepted, did not protest or passively assisted. Read with the same Author's "Ordinary Men".

This is an extraordinarily detailed exploration of the slow change in Nazi policy toward the Jews from dehumanizing them to expulsion from Germany to various forms of extermination until finally settling on mass gassing. It is a sobering and gruesome read, and one must steel oneself to get through some parts of it.

Nonostante le discriminazioni, le violenze e l'ossessione antisemita di Hitler, l'annientamento del popolo ebraico non rientrava nei piani iniziali del regime nazista. Dopo vent'anni di studi e ricerche... (fonte: Google Books)

Nonostante le discriminazioni, le violenze e l'ossessione antisemita di Hitler, l'annientamento del popolo ebraico non rientrava nei piani iniziali del regime nazista. Dopo vent'anni di studi e ricerche... (fonte: Google Books)

L'évolution de la politique antijuive des nazis, septembre 1939-