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Friedlander's study tracks the Nazi program of genocide back to 1940 with the murder of some 5000 handicapped children, euthanasia that was subsequently expanded to include disabled Jews and Gypsies. The targeting of these three groups was based on the Nazis' belief in human inequality and their determination to ``cleanse the gene pool of the German nation.'' Thus began the euthanasia program in which debate over the most efficient method of mass murder led to the construction of killing centers where crippled children were gassed and cremated. Friedlander shows that the success of the program convinced the Nazis that mass murder was technically workable, that ordinary citizens were willing to slaughter large numbers of innocent people. The killing centers became models for the extermination camps of the Final Solution. ``When all is said and done, we are still unable to grasp the reasons that seemingly normal men and women were able to commit such extraordinary crimes,'' concludes Friedlander, a history professor at Brooklyn College.
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Well researched, remarkably balanced in its judgments, and full of fresh insights. It deserves the widest possible readership.
Friedlander's study tracks the Nazi program of genocide back to 1940 with the murder of some 5000 handicapped children, euthanasia that was subsequently expanded to include disabled Jews and Gypsies. The targeting of these three groups was based on the Nazis' belief in human inequality and their determination to ``cleanse the gene pool of the German nation.'' Thus began the euthanasia program in which debate over the most efficient method of mass murder led to the construction of killing centers where crippled children were gassed and cremated. Friedlander shows that the success of the program convinced the Nazis that mass murder was technically workable, that ordinary citizens were willing to slaughter large numbers of innocent people. The killing centers became models for the extermination camps of the Final Solution. ``When all is said and done, we are still unable to grasp the reasons that seemingly normal men and women were able to commit such extraordinary crimes,'' concludes Friedlander, a history professor at Brooklyn College.
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Well researched, remarkably balanced in its judgments, and full of fresh insights. It deserves the widest possible readership.
Journal of Modern History
Friedlander has written an excellent piece of historical research which establishes the similarities of the fates of three victim groups.
Jewish History
Never is a speculation presented without masses of material to back it up. It is a substantial book.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
One of the distinguishing features of this study is the meticulous description of the administration of the euthanasia program.
Gordon A. Craig, New York Review of Books
If one has time to read only one book among the recent works on Nazi euthanasia, this is it.
Christopher R. Browning, Times Literary Supplement
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