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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
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Chapter 32: World War II
The Final Solution- The extermination of 6 million Jews was a difficult and complicated task involving the participation and cooperation of thousands of people and the coordination of significant resources. Moreover, such an effort would not have been made if large numbers of people were not committed to the ideology that explained and justified genocide. Reread the excerpt from an SS tract on page 851, the picture of camp survivors on page 852, and the descriptions of the camps on page 853. When you're done, write a short essay exploring the issue of responsibility for the Holocaust. In your opinion, is it more accurate to say that "the Nazis carried out the Holocaust" or that "the Germans carried out the Holocaust"? What are the implications of this distinction?
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