I want to find a book about the holocaust which is written by Nazi Germany's prospective?

Question

I want to find a book about the holocaust which is written by Nazi Germany's prospective. Is there any book outside that can explain the reason why the nazi germany hated the jews so much? I have heard way too many stories about the holocaust survivors. However, this time I want to know about the nazi germany soldier's opinion.

Answer 1

I have yet to read "Mein Kampf," though I'm sure that would help. I haven't read anything actually by a Nazi soldier (I'd like to), but here are some books loaded with information on how Hitler managed to get the Germans to his side (in order of suggested reading):

"Germans Into Nazis" by Peter Fritzsche
"The Wannsee Conference" by Mark Roseman
"The Hitler Myth" by Ian Kershaw

Fritzsche and Roseman are must reads if you want to get away from the life of survivors. If you aren't aware of what the Wannsee Conference was, or even if you are, Roseman's is amazing. It might just scare you.
Another Holocaust story worth looking at is Art Spiegelman's "Maus" graphic novels. Instead of looking solely at the life of a Holocaust survivor, you get to see what the life of a second generation survivor (one whose parents were survivors of the Holocaust).

Answer 2

Mein Kampf would be the perfect example of Hitler's reasoning behind the holocaust in Hitler's own words. However, the idea doesn't occur separate from its soci/political reality. Germany was very poor and down trodden. They had been given the blame completely for WWI and were being forced to pay other countries large sums of money to make up for it. They felt they were being mistreated by the world at large. So what you also want is the History of Germany during this time. Also, some historical reference to antisemitism -- German didn't invent
it. The German soldier's opinions are going to be incredibly diverse and some will have very little to do with the holocaust -- sadly the average soldier fights blindly with little social or political awareness other than the we are great they are evil propaganda slogans they are feed by leadership.

Answer 3

Shindler's List was a well-made Holocaust movie. Saving Private Ryan was really good too, but I left the theater feeling like I had post traumatic stress syndrome... Daniel Craig is in a new movie called Defiance that will be out in January. If you're into these types of films, you probably already know about all of this. If you don't, then I hope this helped!

Answer 4

I would read "Hitler's Willing Executioners" by Daniel Goldhagen.

It came out a few years ago. It is meticulously well-researched and is one of the first scholarly books to simply come out and say "Hitler didn't do this by himself." It takes a sharp look at where the average german was coming from and how they were able to justify and participate in mass genocide.

After that I would look at "Eichmann in Jerusalem: a report on the Banality of Evil" by Hannah Arendt. "The Holocaust in History" by Micheal Tauber is a strong all-around book that puts the holocaust in perspective and discusses the social, economic and historical factors (ie; centuries of entrenched, socially accepted European anti-semitism) that led to mass murder on a scale never before seen by human society.

I wouldn't read Mein Kampf.

Answer 5

"Mein Kampf" has been mentions & it is a good answer. A second book written by Hitler was found after his death & authenticated. It is titled "Hitler's Secret Book." You might also want to take a look at "My New Order." It is a collection of Hitler's speeches.

This site may also be of interest to you:
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ww2era.htm#Speech

Answer 6

Yes, its called Mein Kampf.

It is very hard to read but Hitler tries to "justify" himself.

I gave up after about 20 pages.

i am curious y i got the thums down here lol. you want to say mein kampf was not german point of view, it was easy to read or that it does not justify holocaust? or u just like givng ppl thums down for fun


some other books mention are good but they are the jewish point that most obviouslt hitler enjoyed suport in his killing. dictators dont last long without supporters and he did get elected although with a watered down msg in a protest vote.

i am curious how many germans did hate jews and how much they hated them. obviously there were millions who supported killing them but that does not in itsekf prove majority did or not.

Answer 7

You have to find web sites outside of the U.S., but not Germany. Heavily censored. Unable to say anything more. Good luck.

Answer 8

Yes, Mein Kampf--here is a website:

http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/

Answer 9

Try reading Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'....It's written by Hitler so It should give you the answer your looking for.