Browning, Christopher R

Drawn from postwar interrogations of 210 former members of the battalion, the author lets them speak for themselves aobut their role in the Final Solution.

Provides a detailed account of the plans put into place by Adolf Hitler to begin the elimination of the Jewish population throughout Europe in the months leading up to World War II.

Examines three controversial issues in Holocaust scholarship, including the decision and policy-making in the Nazi regime that led to the attempt to totally eliminate the Jews; the use of Jewish labor; and the attitudes, motivations, and adaptations of ordinary Germans who carried out Nazi policy at the local level.