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Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1. The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939

Saul Friedländer

Giving considerable emphasis to an immense array of recently published material and a wealth of new archival findings, Saul Friedlander describes and interprets the steadily increasing anti-Jewish persecution in Germany after the 1933 Nazi accession to power. He demonstrates the interaction between intentions and contingencies, between discernible causes and changing circumstances. Friedlander shows how Nazi ideological objectives and tactical policy decisions enhanced one another and always left an opening for ever more radical moves.

HistoryHistory · medium confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentKeyword Classifier: Religion -> ReligionWorld War IIWorld War IWar & Military Strategy

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History1997FinalistSecondary source
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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    After the 1933 Nazi accession to power, increasing anti-Jewish persecution in Germany resulted from interaction between Nazi intentions and contingencies, with ideological objectives and tactical policy decisions mutually reinforcing radicalization.

    Model confidence 78%

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 73%.