Cover of Law of Blood

Book 2018

Law of Blood

2 readers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
English
Published
2018
  • National socialism
  • Antisemitism
  • Historiography
  • Moral and ethical aspects
  • History
  • Politics and government

The scale and depth of Nazi brutality seem to defy understanding. What could drive people to fight, kill, and destroy with such ruthless ambition? Johann Chapoutot says we need to understand better how the Nazis explained it themselves, and in particular how steeped they were in the idea that history gave them no choice: it was either kill or die.--