Publication

1989 - Pantheon Books, New York, USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

49,000 words, Guess

Page Count

196 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL2061583M
  • ISBN-100394576861
  • OCLC Control Number18740694
  • Library of Congress Control Number88043239
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  • LibraryThing651943

Classifications

  • DDC943.086
  • LCCDD256.5 .E92 1989

Description

This book is a study of recent attempts by some West German historians to free the German conscience from guilt about its Nazi past. These new revisionists argue that Germans have no more to be ashamed of than other peoples: Auschwitz, they say, does not stand alone in history; it was merely one of a number of similar crimes, from Stalin's purges to the mass murders committed by Pol Pot. The German army was not trying to impose a genocidal dictatorship; it was fighting to prevent a Communist takeover of Europe. - Back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • In Hitler's shadow: West German historians and the attempt to escape from the Nazi pastPaperbackPantheon Books1989-01-01

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