Step by Step: The Expansion of Murder, 1939-1941

Friedlander, Henry

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“…75 Even though the number of Jews murdered during the War is much higher than that of Sinti and Roma, and differences between their persecution exist -Friedlander argued that both had been murdered for the same racial reasons. 76 Many historians were critical of Friedlander's account. They claimed that the murder of the Jews could not be compared to other crimes during World War II, since that would relativise the mass murder of the Jews.…”

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Writing about the Holocaust as Scholars and Survivors: Early Holocaust Research and the Practices of Restitution and Reparations

Corsten

2023

J Mod Eur Hist

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This article looks at the impact sources produced in the practice of restitution and reparation had on early Holocaust historiography. It analyses the examples of two Holocaust researchers from the first generation who today are perceived as important pioneers in their field of study: Henry Friedlander and Raul Hilberg. While both held strong personal opinions about the practice of restitution, they did not use sources produced in it for their research. This article explores three main reasons for this omission. The first one is connected to the questions of how they wanted to study the Holocaust. The second reason is to be found in their moral criticism of the practice itself. The third reason lays in the actual effects their research had on legal proceedings resulting from the Holocaust. In the end, this article argues that their decision of how to study the Holocaust was very closely intertwined with what these scholars perceived as their task as historians. An analysis of the first generation's take on restitution and reparation practices provides insights into the development of early Holocaust historiography. It shows what they perceived as their obligation as historians of the Holocaust as well as difficulties they faced by addressing the topic.

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Writing about the Holocaust as Scholars and Survivors: Early Holocaust Research and the Practices of Restitution and Reparations

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2023

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“…En brutal konsekvens av den eugeniske tenkningen var etableringen av eutanasiprogrammet under nazi-regimet i den såkalte T 4-aksjonen (Friedlander, 1994). De mennesker som ble sterilisert og senere drept av naziregimet, var borgere med ulike former for kognitive, psykiske og fysiske funksjonsnedsettelser.…”

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“…De mennesker som ble sterilisert og senere drept av naziregimet, var borgere med ulike former for kognitive, psykiske og fysiske funksjonsnedsettelser. Naziregimet brukte ekstreme metoder for å forhindre funksjonsnedsettelse, men det er viktig å erkjenne at den eugeniske tenkning og praksis går lenger tilbake enn naziregimet og fortsatte også etter at dette regimet var nedkjempet (Simonsen, 2000;Friedlander, 1994;Aas & Vestgaarden og, 2014).…”

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