First published 2004
As the Nazis conquer Poland, their racial policies shift from expulsion to total annihilation. Meticulously tracing this fateful transformation, historian Christopher Browning reveals how Adolf Hitler personally escalated the persecution of Jews, approving each horrific new phase. In the wake of battlefield triumphs, the Nazis unleash an unstoppable campaign of ethnic cleansing, decimation, and mass murder across Eastern Europe. This definitive account lays bare the incremental, bureaucratic steps that led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust.
Genres: history, 20th-century, non-fiction, academic
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-fiction
Setting: Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe
Period: 20th century, 1933-1945
616 pages · Hardcover · University of Nebraska Press
Content warnings: violence