Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust: A Prelude to Genocide

ISBN-13:	9781350185449
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date:	04/14/2022
Series:	Perspectives on the Holocaust
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	25,910
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.76(d)

For decades scholars have pored over Hitler's autobiographical jourbaney/political treatise, debating if Mein Kampf has genocidal overtones and arguably led to the Holocaust. For the first time, Hitler's Mein Kampf and the Holocaust sees celebrated international scholars analyse the book from various angles to demonstrate how it laid the groundwork for the Shoah through Hitler's venomous attack on the Jews in his text.Split into three main sections which focus on 'contexts', 'eugenics' and 'religion', the book reflects carefully on the point at which the Fuhrer's actions and policies turban genocidal during the Third Reich and whether Mein Kampf presaged Nazi Germany's descent into genocide. There are contributions from leading academics from across the United States and Germany, including Magnus Brechtken, Susannah Heschel and Nathan Stoltzfus, along with totally new insights into the source material in light of the 2016 German critical edition of Mein Kampf. Hitler's views on Marxism, violence, and leadership, as well as his anti-Semitic rhetoric are examined in detail as you are taken down the disturbing path from a hateful book to the Holocaust.