Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

An exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945. The author aims to show that the perpetrators of the Holocaust were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to kill, but did so willingly and zealously. Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is: How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945. The author marshals fresh, primary evidence - including extensive testimony from the actual perpetrators - to show that the killers were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to act as they did (they knew they could refuse without retribution) yet they killed willingly and zealously.

• | Author: Daniel Goldhagen
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 1997
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780349107868
• | ISBN-10: 0349107866