Nazi Germany And the Jews: The Years Of Extermination

1939-1945

Author: Prof Saul Friedlander and Saul Friedlander

Nazi Germany And the Jews: The Years Of Extermination

The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the Holocaust

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Summary

The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the Holocaust

Description

The implementation of German extermination policies and measures depended on the submissiveness of political authorities, the assistance of local police forces and the passivity or co-operation of the populations, primarily of their political and spiritual elites. The implementation also depended on the readiness of the victimes to submit to orders, often with the hope of modifying them or surviving long enough to escape the German vice. This multifaceted representation - at all levels and in all different places - enhances the perception of the magnitude, complexity and interrelatedness of the multiple components of this history.

Based on a vast variety of documents and an overwhelming choir of voices, Friedlander manages to avoid domesticating the memory of unparalleled and horrific events. The convergence of these various aspects gives THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION its unique quality. In this work the history of the Holocaust has found its definitive representation.

Awards

Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 2008

Critic Reviews

“Read together with his earlier volume, The Years of Persecution: 193-1939, Saul Friedlander has produced the new standard work on the Holocaust - DAILY TELEGRAPH - Dan Jones”

About the Author

Saul Friedlander was born in Prague in 1932. He fled to France, where he survived the war in hiding. He is currently Professor of History at UCLA and emeritus professor at Tel Aviv University. He lives in Los Angeles.

More on this Book

With THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION, Friedlander completes his work on Nazi Germany and the Jews. The book describes and interprets the history of the persecution and murder of the Jews throughout occupied Europe.The implementation of German extermination policies and measures depended on the submissiveness of political authorities, the assistance of local police forces and the passivity or co-operation of the populations, primarily of their political and spiritual elites. The implementation also depended on the readiness of the victimes to submit to orders, often with the hope of modifying them or surviving long enough to escape the German vice. This multifaceted representation - at all levels and in all different places - enhances the perception of the magnitude, complexity and interrelatedness of the multiple components of this history.Based on a vast variety of documents and an overwhelming choir of voices, Friedlander manages to avoid domesticating the memory of unparalleled and horrific events. The convergence of these various aspects gives THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION its unique quality. In this work the history of the Holocaust has found its definitive representation.