The Germans and the Final Solution stand as the fullest assessment to date of the attitudes of the German public to the Nazi policy of antisemitism and its genocidal conclusion. David Bankier's pathbreaking work will be widely read by scholars and students of contemporary European Jewish history and the history of Nazi Germany.
#530005 in Books Adam Hochschild 2003-02-04 2003-02-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x .93 x 5.50l; .79 #File Name: 0618257470352 pagesThe Unquiet Ghost Russians Remember Stalin
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Will stay with youBy nellethThe author brings gentle humor and profound empathy to truly amazing stories about this tragic period. I recommend anyone start here to try and understand the personal side of Stalin's purges and camps.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Stalin; the "Man of Steel."By Charles E. JonesNot enough history about "The Great Purges." Stalin was kind of an after thought. However; it did explain the liquidation of the "moneyed" peasants (the Kulaks )and their stubborn aversion to Collectivization. There are still those that hark back to the "good old days" under Stalin. The reasons for "the knock on the door" ranged from mere gossip to those who didn't like you to a lack of livable apartments.Over 5;000;000 Russians (officers of WWI; enemies of the state(?) intellectuals and of course Jews; died of being over worked or froze to death and died of starvation on over-crowded train boxcars without food or water to the far reaches of the Siberian Gulags.Being sent to the Gulags was a death sentence that a very few survived.A worthwhile read; but not enough about "the man of steel."3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The misdeeds of the Stalinist regime.By Kevin M QuiggThis is a great book which details the cruel legacy of the Stalinist regime. Stalin and his cronies killed and murdered 20 million people from the 1930s to 1953. Russia suffered as much from Stalin's megalomania as it did from the German invasion. His regime left a bitter taste in regular Russian's memories. This book details how the survivors and the generation after have dealt with this bad legacy.Some great moments occur in this book; such as the opening up of the KGB archives. This details the flimsy evidence which led to the deaths of millions. Also detailed are the former prison camps that dot the countryside of Siberia. This shows the mass suffering of the inhabitants.This is a great book about the suffering and legacy of Josef Stalin.
