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"The
Universe of Death and Torment" (a review essay on Daniel J.
Goldhagen, Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the
Holocaust)
Aly writes
a positive assessment of Goldhagen's book, asserting that everything
Goldhagen reports is true, yet it is only the tip of the iceberg.
Although Aly is critical of important aspects of the book,
particularly its deterministic, one-dimensional explanation for the
Holocaust, he still believes the book should be read with critical
sympathy. He believes Goldhagen should get credit for facing - and
forcing his readers to face - the issues that are at the heart of
the Holocaust, those issues that appear in the documents that leave
Aly speechless. |
