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Hitler's Willing Executioners
Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Book • 1997
In this book, Goldhagen challenges common myths about the Holocaust, arguing that tens of thousands of ordinary Germans were actively involved in the extermination of European Jewry.
He posits that a climate of 'eliminationist anti-Semitism' in German society made Hitler's genocidal goals possible.
The book draws on unused archival materials, including the testimony of the killers themselves, to illustrate how ordinary Germans willingly participated in the persecution and murder of Jews during the Holocaust.
He posits that a climate of 'eliminationist anti-Semitism' in German society made Hitler's genocidal goals possible.
The book draws on unused archival materials, including the testimony of the killers themselves, to illustrate how ordinary Germans willingly participated in the persecution and murder of Jews during the Holocaust.
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Bryan Caplan in the context of discussing the willingness of individuals to conform to group pressure, even in the face of immoral actions.
Bryan Caplan in the context of discussing the willingness of individuals to conform to group pressure, even in the face of immoral actions.
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Bryan Caplan - Discrimination, Poverty, & Mental Illness
Mentioned by Aziz Huq when discussing historical debates about the compliance of ordinary officials in Nazi Germany.
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Dictators sometimes take power quietly
Mentioned by Richard Evans, whose arguments are addressed in the book.
Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich" (Penguin, 2024)
Mentioned by Richard Evans when discussing the complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust.
Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich" (Penguin, 2024)
Mentioned as a book arguing that ordinary Germans were willing participants in the Holocaust.
COT-Classics Episode # 120 Reformation Tour 1996 Tape # 16 "The Age Of Extermination"
Mentioned by Richard Evans as an author whose arguments about the origins of antisemitism in Germany are refuted in the book.
Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich" (Penguin, 2024)
