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Chargement... What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germanypar Eric A. Johnson, Karl-Heinz Reuband
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Holocaust Il tema della rivisitazione storica del periodo nazista attraverso un’analisi dell’atteggiamento della popolazione è, quantomeno, ricorrente. L’argomento è il solito: il popolo tedesco sapeva quanto accadeva nei campi di concentramento? La risposta è, e così deve essere, sì. Altrimenti l’autore verrebbe accusato di negazionismo. Reato sanzionato penalmente in Germania. La responsabilità collettiva del popolo tedesco è pacifica. Ma oggettivamente si tratta della responsabilità storica di tutti i popoli assoggettati a regimi dittatoriali. Perché ogni dittatura nasce, comunque, da un appoggio popolare o populista. Ciò detto il libro è una diligente ricostruzione di vicende umane, realizzata attraverso la somministrazione di questionari a cittadini ebrei e tedeschi. Come detto, le conclusioni sono scontate. Ma la rilettura delle vicende dei protagonisti, vittime e carnefici, di quel drammatico periodo rappresenta, comunque, l’occasione per riflettere sulla follia del periodo nazista. Sorprende, anzi rattrista, la lettura dei questionari somministrati ai tedeschi: erano tutti più o meno consapevoli, ma tutti, nessuno escluso, avevano una giustificazione. Comunque, si tratta di un buon libro da leggere con piacere e interesse, anche per i tentativi, devo dire deboli, di fornire una chiave di lettura sociologico-statistica alla tragedia di quel periodo. The first half of the book contains interview transcripts of Jews and non-Jews who lived in Nazi Germany. The second half of the book examines data from a large-scale survey conducted by the authors, an American historian and a German sociologist. The book attempts to answer the question of when/what the German citizens knew of the mass extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust. The methodology of the authors' research is very sound. The data is exclusively self-report which lessons the veracity somewhat, but that issue is discussed by the authors. The second half, detailing the survey results, is necessarily somewhat dry, but lends credibility to the authors' conclusions. Recommended for the serious student of WWII history. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
What We Knew offers the most startling oral history ever done of life in the Third Reich. Combining the expertise of a German sociologist and an American historian, it draws on both gripping oral histories and a unique survey of 4,000 people-both German Jews and non-Jewish Germans, who lived under the Third Reich. It directly addresses some of the most fundamental questions we have about the Nazi regime, particularly regarding anti-Semitism, issues of guilt and ignorance, popular support for the government, and the nature of the dictatorship itself. Johnson and Reuband's original research confirms that both Germans and Jews were aware of the mass murder of European Jews as it was occurring. From the responses of Jewish survivors, German anti-Semitism wasn't universal among their neighbors and colleagues, even as they experienced official mistreatment. Additionally, the authors' research suggests that Hitler and National Socialism were genuinely popular among ordinary Germans and that intimidation and terror played no great part in enforcing loyalty. Refuting long-held assumptions, the discoveries revealed in What We Knew are key to our understanding of life in the Third Reich, and make this book a central work for scholars of the Holocaust, World War II, and totalitarianism. Drawing on interviews with four thousand German Jews and non-Jewish Germans who experienced the Third Reich firsthand, an intriguing oral history describes everyday life in Nazi Germany, addressing such issues as guilt and ignorance concerning the mass murder of European Jews, anti-Semitism, and the popular appeal of Hitler and National Socialism. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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