This major reinterpretation of the Holocaust surveys the
destruction of the European Jews within the broader context of Nazi
violence against other victim groups. Christian Gerlach offers a
unique social history of mass violence which reveals why particular
groups were persecuted and what it was that connected the fate of
these groups and the policies against them. He explores the diverse
ideological, political and economic motivations which lay behind
the murder of the Jews and charts the changing dynamics of
persecution during the course of the war. The book brings together
both German actions and those of non-German states and societies,
shedding new light on the different groups and vested interests
involved and their role in the persecution of non-Jews as well.
Ranging across continental Europe, it reveals that popular notions
of race were often more important in shaping persecution than
scientific racism or Nazi dogma.
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