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The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942 (Comprehensive History of the Holocaust)
 
 

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by Christopher R. Browning (Author) "In a brief two years between the autumn of 1939 and the autumn of 1941, Nazi Jewish policy escalated rapidly from the prewar policy of..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 616 pages
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (6 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0803259794
  • ISBN-13: 978-0803259799
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 188,488 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #50 in  Books > History > Military History > War Crimes > The Holocaust
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"The definitive work on the road Germany took toward the Final Solution during the crucial first three years of the war." -- Istvn Dek "New York Review of Books"

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This title has been awarded an Atlantic Monthly 'Book of the Year' for 2004 and History Book Club Main Selection, Book-of-the-Month Club Selection, and Military Book Club Selection. "The Origins of the Final Solution" is the most detailed, careful, and comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Nazi policy from the persecution and 'ethnic cleansing' of Jews in 1939 to the Final Solution of the Holocaust in 1942. Focusing on the months between the German conquest of Poland in September 1939, which brought nearly two million additional Jews under Nazi control, and the beginning of the deportation of Jews to the death camps in the spring of 1942, Christopher R. Browning describes how Poland became a laboratory for experiments in racial policies.He reveals how the subsequent attack on the Soviet Union opened the door for an immense radicalization of Nazi Jewish policy and marked the beginning of the Final Solution. Meticulously documenting the process that led to this fatal development, Browning shows that Adolf Hitler was the key decision maker throughout, approving major escalations in Nazi persecution of the Jews at victory-induced moments of euphoria.

Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, this groundbreaking work exposes a critical chapter in the history of the Holocaust.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A revelation!, 23 Feb 2006
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This book is a revelation. It tackles the issue of whether the Holocaust was planned from the first or whether it evolved due to circumstance. It does this through a meticulous process of narration of events from 1939 to 1942. This step by step approach can appear laborious at first but it has the effect of stopping preconceptions and making the reader understand the prevailing attitudes of the time. Browning quite cleverly takes the reader on a journey from exclusion to expulsion to concentration to extermination. It is very logical and very convincing. Highly recommended.
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The popular perception of Hitler is that "he made the trains run on time", and that the Holocaust was meticulously planned from the early days of Nazi power.

This book shows how nothing could be further from the truth. Browning's compelling theory is that Nazi Germany was a "polycracy", where vague directives and pronouncements from Hitler were enthusiastically developed and "ratcheted up" by subordinates and the bureaucracy.

Thus the institutionalised mass slaughter of the Jews developed from Nazi frustration at the failure of various deportation initiatives from 1939-41, and the new possibilities opened up by the Einsatzgruppen in the USSR from June 1941.

There is a massive amount of detail, but the book is extremely readable for the layperson. Highly recommended.
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