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4. Hitler’s Role in the ‘Final Solution’
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Ian Kershaw
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Hitler and the Final Solution
- 1. ‘Working towards the Führer’: Reflections on the Nature of the Hitler Dictatorship 29
- 2. Ideologue and Propagandist: Hitler in Light of His Speeches, Writings and Orders, 1925–1928 49
- 3. Improvised Genocide? The Emergence of the ‘Final Solution’ in the ‘Warthegau’ 60
- 4. Hitler’s Role in the ‘Final Solution’ 89
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Part II. Popular Opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany
- 5. The ‘Everyday’ and the ‘Exceptional’: The Shaping of Popular Opinion, 1933–1939 119
- 6. German Popular Opinion during the ‘Final Solution’: Information, Comprehension, Reactions 139
- 7. Reactions to the Persecution of the Jews 151
- 8. Popular Opinion and the Extermination of the Jews 197
- 9. German Popular Opinion and the ‘Jewish Question’, 1939–1943: Some Further Reflections 210
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Part III. The Final Solution in Historiography
- 10. Hitler and the Holocaust 237
- 11. ‘Normality’ and Genocide: The Problem of ‘Historicization’ 282
- 12. Shifting Perspectives: Historiographical Trends in the Aftermath of Unification 303
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Part IV. The Uniqueness of Nazism
- 13. Hitler and the Uniqueness of Nazism 343
- 14. War and Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe 361
- Acknowledgments 381
- Index 385
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Hitler and the Final Solution
- 1. ‘Working towards the Führer’: Reflections on the Nature of the Hitler Dictatorship 29
- 2. Ideologue and Propagandist: Hitler in Light of His Speeches, Writings and Orders, 1925–1928 49
- 3. Improvised Genocide? The Emergence of the ‘Final Solution’ in the ‘Warthegau’ 60
- 4. Hitler’s Role in the ‘Final Solution’ 89
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Part II. Popular Opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany
- 5. The ‘Everyday’ and the ‘Exceptional’: The Shaping of Popular Opinion, 1933–1939 119
- 6. German Popular Opinion during the ‘Final Solution’: Information, Comprehension, Reactions 139
- 7. Reactions to the Persecution of the Jews 151
- 8. Popular Opinion and the Extermination of the Jews 197
- 9. German Popular Opinion and the ‘Jewish Question’, 1939–1943: Some Further Reflections 210
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Part III. The Final Solution in Historiography
- 10. Hitler and the Holocaust 237
- 11. ‘Normality’ and Genocide: The Problem of ‘Historicization’ 282
- 12. Shifting Perspectives: Historiographical Trends in the Aftermath of Unification 303
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Part IV. The Uniqueness of Nazism
- 13. Hitler and the Uniqueness of Nazism 343
- 14. War and Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe 361
- Acknowledgments 381
- Index 385