The Holocaust. A New History

This book answers two fundamental questions about the Holocaust: how and why did it happen? It is based not only on the latest scientific research, but also on 25 years of interviews with eyewitnesses - survivors and perpetrators who acted under the cover of ideology.

Lawrence Ries takes the reader from the most terrible times of the Holocaust to the last days of the Third Reich. He examines in detail Hitler's policies and proves that there was no single decision to start the Holocaust - one of the most terrible crimes in human history was caused by small steps and decisions made by the Nazis. And although the greatest responsibility for all the horrors of that period lies with Hitler, the author convinces: everyone who was able to allow it is to blame.