Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and the Holocaust

A Prelude to Genocide

John J. Michalczyk, Michael S. Bryant, Susan A. Michalczyk

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English

Bloomsbury
05 May 2022

History; European history; The Holocaust; Fascism & Nazism; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship

Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust

For decades scholars have pored over Hitler’s autobiographical journey/political treatise, debating if Mein Kampf has genocidal overtones and arguably led to the Holocaust. For the first time, Hitler’s Mein Kampf and the Holocaust sees celebrated international scholars analyse the book from various angles to demonstrate how it laid the groundwork for the Shoah through Hitler’s venomous attack on the Jews in his text.

Split into three main sections which focus on ‘contexts’, ‘eugenics’ and ‘religion’,

the book reflects carefully on the point at which the Fuhrer’s actions and policies turn genocidal during the Third Reich and whether Mein Kampf presaged Nazi Germany’s descent into genocide. There are contributions from leading academics from across the United States and Germany, including Magnus Brechtken, Susannah Heschel and Nathan Stoltzfus, along with totally new insights into the source material in light of the 2016 German critical edition of Mein Kampf. Hitler’s views on Marxism, violence, and leadership, as well as his anti-Semitic rhetoric are examined in detail as you are taken down the disturbing path from a hateful book to the Holocaust.

Edited by: John J. Michalczyk, Michael S. Bryant, Susan A. Michalczyk
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 564g
ISBN: 9781350185449
ISBN 10: 1350185442
Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 05 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John J. Michalczyk is Professor and Director of Film Studies at Boston College, USA. He is the author of Filming the End of the Holocaust (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is also the editor of Medicine, Ethics, and the Third Reich: Historical and Contemporary Issues (1994), Resisters, Rescuers, and Refugees: Historical and Ethical Issues (1997) and, with SJ Raymond G. Helmick, Through a Lens Darkly: Films of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing (2013). Michael S. Bryant is Professor of History and Legal Studies at Bryant University, USA. He is the author of A World History of War Crimes (Bloomsbury, 2021), Confronting the Good Death: Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-53 (2005) and Eyewitness to Genocide: Jewish Witnesses, West German Courts, and the Operation Reinhard Trials, 1956-1966 (2014). Susan A. Michalczyk is Associate Professor of the Practice at Boston College, USA.

Reviews for Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and the Holocaust: A Prelude to Genocide

With in-depth studies of Mein Kampf as a genre (an anti-Semitic Bildungsroman), analyses of its context, esthetics, and its religious overtones, this collection of essays illuminates the most lethal and darkest of books. The close readings of Hitler's language of crusade against the enemy and of his prophetic and apocalyptic discourse show how his breviary of hate led to the Holocaust, and how rhetorical violence can become a pathway to mass murder. * Clemence Boulouque, Carl and Bernice Witten Associate Professor in Jewish and Israel studies, Columbia University, USA *