Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust

by Götz Aly

Book Overview

A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums

Why did the Holocaust happen in Germany, of all places? How did a country known for its culture and refinement turn so rabidly anti-Semitic? Why did a nation where Jews had full civil rights and many opportunities--a place that Jews had eagerly flocked to in the early twentieth century to escape racist persecution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250062640
• ISBN13: 9781250062642
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"