"Murder Without Hatred is the first significant study to ask questions about the role of the Estonians during the Holocaust. This is a seminal and essential book that sheds light on a important, yet seldom covered, aspect of the Holocaust."- Jewish Book World --Jewish Book World
"Murder Without Hatred is not only informative but, for its long-overlooked subject alone, is essential for Holocaust collections."- Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter --Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
"Anton Weiss-Wendt does an outstanding job of chronicling the Holocaust in Estonia."- Holocaust and Genocide Studies --Holocaust and Genocide Studies Journal
"A comprehensive and detailed comparative study that covers not only the history of Estonia's own Jews but also the fate of the Jews of other nations who were transported to Estonian camps.....[a] superb study." East European Jewish Affairs --East European Jewish Affairs
"Anton Weiss-Wendt casts light on the Estonians' role in the Holocaust. ...[He] investigates these acts of genocide by posing the simple question: What prompted the Estonians to cooperate with the Nazis?... Weiss-Wendt presents explanations regarding the relationships between nation-building, mass violence, and the brutal effects of authoritarian oppression on occupied states."- SHOFAR --SHOFAR
Anton Weiss-Wendt has made a valuable contribution to scholarship on the Holocaust and World War II. Murder without Hatred is the first English-language monograph about the killings of 8,614 Jews in Estonia between 1941 and 1944." Slavic Review --Slavic Review