The Origins of the Final Solution

Christopher Browning

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English

Arrow
01 June 2005

History; European history; The Holocaust; Second World War

A chilling historical book exploring the truth behind the most horrifying act of evil in modern history- the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler's 'final solution' to winning the Second World War and achieving world domination. This is the authoritative book on the darkest act of Hitler's Third Reich, and is a must-read for fans of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Schindler's List and anyone with an interest in Nazi policies during WWII.

The Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed, careful, and comprehensive analysis to date of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder- the Holocaust. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan but rather a discovered possibility, Christopher Browning explains how Hitler's decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe.

Only in the interval between late September and late October 1941 did the desire to ""remove"" the Jews intersect with the discovery of acceptable means of killing them on a large scale and with the euphoria of expected victory in Russia, all of which followed on from two years of 'race war' and 'racial imperialism' in eastern Europe that prepared 'ordinary Germans' for this fateful task.

By: Christopher Browning
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780099454823
ISBN 10: 0099454823
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Browning is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His previous books include Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (1992); The Path to Genocide (1992); The Final Solution and the German Foreign Office (1978) and Nazi Policy, Jewish Labour, German Killers (2000).

Reviews for The Origins of the Final Solution

Sensitive and nuanced, this is a fine piece of synthesis and analysis * Sunday Times * Superb . . . [Browning] has created an eloquent, painstaking narrative of how the Final Solution evolved -- Joshua Rubenstein * Wall Street Journal * This is a book of exceptional quality - The work of a historian at the peak of his powers, a magisterial study, a profound analysis of how the darkest chapter in human history could come about -- Ian Kershaw, bestselling author of Hitler This magisterial work... An unrivaled account of how the Nazi leadership ended up with a policy of industrialized mass murder of Jews - Probably no one is better qualified for this task than Christopher Browning. * Mark Mazower, New York Times * Browning is persuasive because he marshals his evidence with unrivalled skill and writes with awesome clarity. * Literary Review *