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Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers This paper presents a book review of on Christopher R. Browning's Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers. The writer of this paper details the purpose of the book as well as the slant with which it is written. The writer provides an overview of the book's content as well as quotes from the pages of the book. There was one source used to complete this paper.

BROWNING SHOWS THE WORLD WHY INSTEAD OF JUST WHAT! Literary authors often use their words to convey a message or make the reader understand a point. This is the case with Christopher R. Browning's -Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers. Browning illustrates in this book the three most important issues that were at the forefront of the Nazi regime. Browning examines how the Holocaust decisions were made and how the final actions of those decisions were agreed upon. In addition to the Holocaust decisions browning explores the policy making procedure.

This seemed to be the foundational basic of the entire Nazi regime. The policies that were decided and carried out through this party shocked the world with unspeakable horrors. The systematic treatment of Jews like animals was subtle yet firm. "In order to have a better possibility of control and later deportation the immediate concentration of Jews in the cities was an urgent short-term goal"(Browning pp 5).

As Browning attempts to understand these aspects of the Holocaust he is illustrating and underscoring the fact that it cumulated in the attempt to murder every Jew in Europe. Looking back today one would have a hard time comprehending how the world could allow this to happen." How were Hitler's prophecies and exhortations transformed by his eager subordinates (Browning pp 3)It was the question Browning decided to ask and answer within the pages of his book.

Where were the allies, and now about the right to life and the right to practice religious freedoms? But at the time the plan was so well orchestrated and so well defined that it manipulated people into going along until it was to late. Browning chronicles that pathway for his readers and takes side steps to explain the nuances and underlying reasons for many of the seemingly senseless decisions.

While many books about the Holocaust discuss the atrocities it perpetuated on an entire race, Browning explores the reason behind the decisions. He delves into the pragmatic beliefs of those involved as well as the reason the people of that area were easily manipulated into going along with the horrors. The author includes many post war testimonies from veterans and witnesses. One of the most interesting things that Browning does in this book is present the local German viewpoint.

With excellent research and interview techniques as well as locating source documents the author underscores the way the local Germans were guided and eventually a part of the regime. Browning managed to locate letters that display the mind set of the time and without producing sympathy for those who participated in the regime he does underline the foundational reasoning that was initially used. Once the power was set it no longer mattered if the people objected, they had given the power and now were afraid to balk against it.

Like the child at school who befriends the bully to keep from becoming the next target, so went the way of support for the Nazis in local Germany at the time. Areas of discussion section the book. One chapter discusses the mindset of the Nazis while another section takes the reader on an exploratory journey of the supporters by fear and by manipulation. The chapters are distinct and if a reader wanted to quickly locate a particular point or reference it would not be difficult.

Browning starts the book with a strong chapter titled From Ethnic Cleansing to Genocide to the Final Solution. This is the bulk and weight of his explanation of the entire Holocaust. It was done with little steps. First it was only supposed to be an ethnic cleansing which in and of itself is wrong, but the people were depressed and looking for solutions and someone to blame. Then as soon as that was accepted it moved to genocide and finally to.