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Ideology of Death Why the Holocaust Happened in Germany

Name: Ideology of Death
Author: John Weiss

Auteur: John Weiss

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: John Weiss

Engels
Hardcover
9781566630887
01 november 1995
440 pagina's

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In many nations throughout history, the Jews have been reviled and persecuted, regarded as cunning heretics and destructive social parasites. But only in Germany did racist stereotypes evolve into a popular ideology of such lethal force that it ended in the horror of the death camps. Despite a vast literature about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, we do not yet understand why the destruction of the Jews was conceived and implemented by the Germans. Ideology of Death supplies this understanding in a stunning and disturbing narrative history. Exploring the unique nature of the German experience as well as the annals of anti-Semitism, Mr. Weiss rejects the notion that the Holocaust was a product of Nazi fanaticism. He shows instead how racist ideas ingrained in German culture led to the unthinkable. Tracing the culture of racism and anti-Semitism among powerful elites and ordinary Germans, Mr. Weiss shows how it grew rapidly during the Napoleonic era, became a forceful popular ideology in the 1870s, and in the 1890s gained the dedicated support of the generation that eventually brought Hitler to power. German Jews became the victims of a uniquely powerful culture of racism, he writes. Without this historical base, anti-Semitism would not have exploded with such fury after 1918, producing hundreds of thousands of followers whose ideas were no different from those of the Nazis. Drawing on the latest research, Mr. Weiss describes how the Nazis, building on traditional German anti-Semitism, adjusted their appeal to a wide variety of social groups that were crucial to their electoral success. The Nazis' extraordinary popularity could not have occurred if Hitler's hatreds were unique, the author points out. Nor could the actions against the Jews, leading to their destruction. Most Germans saw nothing wrong with such actions. Mr. Weiss explains the specific complicities of various German groups and institutions in the Holocaust, and why they voluntarily cooperated

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 november 1995
Aantal pagina's: 440
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Hoofdauteur: John Weiss
Hoofduitgeverij: Ivan R Dee, Inc

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Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
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Verpakking hoogte: 230 mm
Verpakking lengte: 230 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 810 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Geschiedenis

Sociale & Ethische kwesties

Sociale groepen

Europa

Oorlogen

Discriminatie

Etnische studies

Tweede Wereldoorlog

Militaire geschiedenis

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Taal: Engels
Periode: 20e eeuw
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Land: Duitsland

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