Origins of Nazi Genocide

Mémorial de la Shoah

by Henry Friedlander

Friedlander, in questo libro, ci permette di comprendere come la macabra e calcolata evoluzione delle ideologie eugenetiche abbia condotto prima alla segreta eliminazione dei disabili e dei malati e successivamente sia divenuta un modello per lo sterminio di massa degli ebrei e degli zingari. Grazie a un superbo lavoro di ricerca, l’autore offre una meticolosa descrizione dello spietato programma di eutanasia T4 e della relativa Aktion 14f13, analizzando i luoghi e i metodi dello sterminio, ma anche prendendo in considerazione il coinvolgimento della burocrazia e della magistratura tedesca, nonché la partecipazione dei medici e degli scienziati.

Genres: History, Holocaust, Nonfiction, World War II, Race

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Kristina]

Hard to believe I read this in Junior High. I was on a quest, I already knew some basic info, but I wanted to know the how and why. This book answers fully. No stars because well, yeah. I could give it 5 stars for thoroughness, but 1 star because why one earth did this happen?

[Sean Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

My blood ran cold reading a few chapters in. It's know that the Nazis engaged in unmitigated evil, but how it started with the handicapped and children. That was something I did not know.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a severely disabled person, I am immensely interested in this subject-matter, for obvious reasons and several not-so-obvious reasons. Needless to say, I went into this with great expectations; and, perhaps not-so-surprisingly, I came away very disappointed. Although the author seeks to do honor to the lesser-known victims of the Holocaust; the book itself doesn't do a good enough job of this, at least personally. I'm unsure whether this is a stylistic issue; if, indeed, this is a result of the scant amount of concrete evidence pertaining to this atrocious aspect of the wider horrors of WWII, as the author claims; or whether this is due to something else entirely.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5. Once again, a little academic for my taste but it definitely added to my knowledge of the Nazi regime.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely chilling. Behind-the-scenes look at how the Nazis went from exterminating their own people - even children - and gradually broadened their evil quest.

[Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sad treatise outlining the legalization of genocide.