{"product_id":"german-railroads-jewish-souls-the-reichsbahn-bureaucracy-and-the-final-solution-9781789202755","title":"German Railroads, Jewish Souls: The Reichsbahn,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eA rich and accessible introduction to the role of the German railway system in the Holocaust, a topic that remains understudied even today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tRenowned Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg considered the German railway system that delivered European Jews to ghettos and death camps in Eastern Europe to be not only an essential component of the “machinery of destruction” but also emblematic of the amoral bureaucracy that helped to implement the Jewish genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGerman Railroads, Jewish Souls\u003c\/em\u003e centers around Hilberg’s seminal essay of the same name, a landmark study of German railways in the Nazi era long unavailable in English. Supplemented with additional writings from Hilberg, primary source materials, and historical commentary from leading scholars Christopher Browning and Peter Hayes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.”—Wolf Gruner, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPublished in Association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, this slim volume will draw attention to the German railways’ participation in the Holocaust. Hilberg’s essays focus attention on how murder is bureaucratized; the historiographic essays by Browning and Hayes update Hilberg’s work and the selected documents will help readers better visualize the history from the perspective of both Jews and Germans.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Holocaust and Genocide Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Wolf Gruner\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Bureaucracy of Annihilation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRaul Hilberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Railroads\/Jewish Souls\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRaul Hilberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Document Section\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Raul Hilberg and Other Historians of the German Railway During the Nazi Era and the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristopher R. Browning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hilberg, the Railroads, and the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPhotos\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042553725271,"sku":"9781789202755","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789202755.jpg?v=1750954617","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/german-railroads-jewish-souls-the-reichsbahn-bureaucracy-and-the-final-solution-9781789202755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}