Language:
English
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
26 (1998) 329-364
Keywords:
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Contends that those who hastily dismissed and rejected Daniel Goldhagen's book "Hitler's Willing Executioners" were short-sighted. In the historiography of the last two decades, there has been a tendency toward normalization of the Holocaust. The anger engendered by Goldhagen's book derives mainly from its challenge to this new trend. Criticizes Goldhagen's conception of German antisemitism: not always was it so strong and pervasive; the rise of modern antisemitism in the interwar period affected not only Germany; there were many motives other than antisemitism which induced Germans to vote for Hitler. Goldhagen also neglects circumstances other than popular antisemitism that helped Hitler to pursue his anti-Jewish policies. However, in some cases Goldhagen gives a better perspective of the events and their motives than contemporary scholars - e.g. Christopher Browning, who ascribes the Nazi atrocities to wartime brutalization, or Hans Mommsen, who lays all the responsibility on those who gave the orders.
Note:
English and Hebrew.
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On Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, "Hitler's Willing Executioners; Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust" (1996).
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Appeared in Hebrew also in his collected articles
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"סוגיות בחקר השואה" (תשסט) 233-257
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