Going beyond the fanatical anti-Semitism of Hitler and his chiefs, Schleunes analyzes "the internal structure of the [Nazi] regime, the role of its bureaucracie

Was the extermination of the Jews part of the Nazi plan from the very start? Arno Mayer offers astartling and compelling answer to this question, which is much

The Loesener memoir offers a rare insider's view into the functioning of the Nazi system and Schleunes's essay provides an analysis of how Loesener's activities

Pp. vii-xxxiii contain Friedländer's introduction, which did not appear in the original German edition.

A bold, groundbreaking work that provides the definitive answer to the persistent question: Why didn't more Jews flee Nazi Europe?