HITLER AND THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS ON THE JEWISH QUESTION
This article shows that, unlike the views put forward by functionalist historians, the active involvement of Hitler in antisemitic policy can be clearly discerned through a meticulous and detailed analysis of his place in the decision-making process. The antisemitic measures were not the implementat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1988
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1988, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
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| Summary: | This article shows that, unlike the views put forward by functionalist historians, the active involvement of Hitler in antisemitic policy can be clearly discerned through a meticulous and detailed analysis of his place in the decision-making process. The antisemitic measures were not the implementation of plans devised by the state machinery but a faithful translation of Hitler's wishes. Hitler did not surrender to pressures to radicalize the policy on the Jewish question, neither was he a moderate. He reached temporary compromises without mitigating his determination to solve the Jewish problem in a final way. The Jews' status in Germany was for him of utmost importance due to his obsession with racial purity. This issue, therefore, required his personal intervention and was not left to the discretion of the state bureaucracy. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/3.1.1 |