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Final Solution David Cesarani [ 2016 ]
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David Cesarani ’ s “ Final Solution ” is a magisterial work of history that chronicles the fate of Europe ’ s Jews . Based on decades of scholarship , documentation newly available from the opening of Soviet archives , declassification of western intelligence service records , as well as diaries and reports written in the camps , Cesarani provides a sweeping reappraisal challenging accepted explanations for the anti-Jewish politics of Nazi Germany and the inevitability of the Final Solution .
The persecution of the Jews , as Cesarani sees it , was not always the Nazis ’ central preoccupation , nor was it inevitable . He shows how , in German-occupied countries , it unfolded erratically , often due to local initiatives . For Cesarani , war was critical to the Jewish fate . Military failure denied the Germans opportunities to expel Jews into a distant territory and created a crisis of resources that led to the starvation of the ghettos and intensified anti-Jewish measures . Looking at the historical record , he disputes the iconic role of railways and deportation trains . From prisoner diaries , he exposes the extent of sexual violence and abuse of Jewish women and follows the journey of some Jewish prisoners to displaced persons camps . David Cesarani ’ s “ Final Solution ” is the new standard chronicle of the fate of a heroic people caught in the hell that was Hitler ’ s Germany .
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