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What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday LIfe in Nazi Germany: Oral History
Author(s): Eric A. Johnson (Author), Karl-Heinz Reuband (Author)
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 434 pages
- ISBN-10: 0465085717
- ISBN-13: 9780465085712
Book Description
Drawing on interviews with four thousand German Jews and non-Jewish Germans who experienced the Third Reich firsthand, an intriguing oral history describes everyday life in Nazi Germany, addressing such issues as guilt and ignorance concerning the mass murder of European Jews, anti-Semitism, and the popular appeal of Hitler and National Socialism. 35,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Eric A. Johnson is the author of Urbanization and Crime: Germany 1871-1914 and The Civilization of Crime: Violence in Town and Country Since the Middle Ages. A professor of history at Central Michigan University and a fellow of The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, he lives in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Karl-Heinz Reuband is professor of Sociology at the University of Dusseldorf. He lives in Dusseldorf, Germany.
