Nacistické Německo a Židé 1933-1945 – Fidländer Saul (2017)

Saul Friedländer, who was born in Prague and escaped the Holocaust, answers the question that cast a dark shadow over the post-war world in this richly documented book: how could one of the most advanced European nations exterminate six million innocent victims? He gives a significant voice to direct witnesses – not memories, which are not always reliable, but contemporary diaries and letters from victims and perpetrators, as well as official speeches and administrative decrees. The first part of the book, dealing with the National Socialist campaign of oppression, brings the voices of Jews who found themselves in an increasingly terrifying reality after the Nazis came to power. The second part covers the German extermination policy that led to the murder of six million European Jews – an official program that depended on the cooperation of local authorities and police units, the passivity of the population, and the willingness of victims to succumb to the desperate hope of surviving long enough to escape the German grip. The book Nazi Germany and the Jews is an essential study of this dark and complex history.