A thorough, complete and scholarly book on the Holocaust.

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	• The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 Saul Friedlander Harper Perennial, 2008 - 896 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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The Years of Extermination

I am only about one third through this book but so far believe it to be one of the best I have ever read on this subject. It seems to present a very balanced view of what happened. And when I say balanced I also mean a very complex view of the causes. One of the problems with so much of the history Americans are taught is that it is either too simplified or too politically correct. This book is neither. I have studied WW2 for over 30 years and still find that I am leaning new, important facts about the multiple causes.

This book is a fairly easy read. You can, and sometimes should, only read a few pages at a time. The author has loaded the book with a huge amount of facts and almost none of them show anyone in a good light. Certainly not the Germans, the Soviets, the Catholics, most of the people in the German occupied countries and to me, most surprisingly, the Jews themselves !

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Impeccably researched

I have nothing negative to state in a review of Friedlander's latest book; its organization, research, and presentation all seem to me faultless. And there is fresh perspective, too--which is a rare find in a Holocaust text. Friedlander is completely in control of his wrenching subject matter. Bravo.

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a must read

this book was excellent for anyone that wants to learn about the holocaust and the atrocities that happened. this is a must read to keep the history alive so that nothing like this will ever happen again it takes you on a journey from before the holocaust to the prejudices and violence that lead up to the holocaust.

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A constant warning

A beautiful book about monstrous beings. I have read many works on that terrible period of our earth; Friedlander's is one of the best. This is another list of warning signs for us. It contains data on what to guard against to retain sanity amongst us; but, there are reasons to suspect the signs are again surfacing, this time in our country.

A thorough, complete and scholarly book on the Holocaust.

"The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945" is the most thorough, complete and scholarly book on the Holocaust that I have read. In an effort to try to understand why and how the Holocaust occured, I have read extensively about the conduct and activities of the Europeans as well as non Europeans (governments, organizations and people)during this awful period. Friedlander puts it all together for me, and as a result I have a much better understanding of these terrible events. I highly recomend this book to those who want to read an in depth study of the Holocaust.

William R. Cohen
Herzlia Pituach, Israel

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