Nationalsozialistische Vernichtungspolitik, 1939-1945: Neue Forschungen und Kontroversen (Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus)

by Götz Aly

German

Genres: Holocaust, History

332 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Götz Haydar Aly is a German journalist, historian and social scientist.

After attending the German School of Journalists, Aly studied history and political science in Berlin. As a journalist, he worked for the taz, the Berliner Zeitung and the FAZ. Presently, from 2004 to 2005, he is a visiting professor for interdisciplinary Holocaust research at the Fritz Bauer Institut in Frankfurt am Main.

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ulrich Herbert presents us with a collection of (then-)recent essays aimed at expanding our understanding of the Holocaust. The ten contributing authors break away from the long-established conceptual and geographical paradigms and theses of Holocaust studies to focus on areas and questions which have been overlooked. This includes most notably a more full examination of the pre-history of genocidal policies and the expansion of Holocaust studies to geographic peripheries such as Serbia, Lithuania, Silesia and Belorussia, each of which has its own unique story. This book is a particularly useful tool for students because it provides not only fine examples of scholarship but also a sensitive and highly readable overview of the historiography which is being addressed. This enables readers to identify the main presuppositions which have informed scholars in this field at various times.

[Chelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays are based on the argument of when does the Final Solution start. The use of young researchers and at the time newly opened archives gives a fresh look at the age old questions of who planned it, ordered it and carried it out.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essays translated from German. Has the typical translation problems. Good if you want to know about recent German scholarship on the Final Solution, though.