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# A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust 1st Edition

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    An unusal approach to a nasty history
  

*by M***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2013*

While researching a book about the war, Mary Fulbrook, a professional historian, stumbled on the fact that her godmother had been married to a senior Nazi official. What made this all the more shocking was that Mary Fulbrook's her mother had been forced to flee Nazi Germany in the early 1930's because of her Jewish roots. After the war, Ms. Fulbrook's mother got back in touch with her best friend, sending her packages of food and clothing from England and, over the years, spending vacations and quality time together. That woman became Fulbrook's godmother. But this close family friend never let on that her husband had been a senior nazi official in charge of the civil administration in Bedzin, the small town near Auschwitz. As such, the husband was in charge of implementing the progressively harsher racial policies that stripped Jews of their property, segragated them into ghettos, dehumanizing them over time. After the war this official rewrote much of his timeline and escaped punishment for his activiities.Ms. Fulbrook uses this very compelling personal story as a starting point for a much more important examination of "ordinary nazis" vs "real nazis". She notes that after the many thousands of Germans were able to persuade themselves that they weren't "real nazis" because they had not engaged first hand in the genocide and mass murder of Jews and others. But it was these "ordinary Nazis" that enabled the Nazi state to function efficiently -- civil servants -- who made sure policies were carried out without question. She examines how this active compliance, the wilfull refusal to see where Nazi policies were headed, morphed into convenient self-denial after the war. It is a disturbing, excellently documented, nuanced book. If there is one criticism, it's that Ms. Fulbrook, in the name of fairness to her godmother's family, bends over backward to demonstrate her objectivity: well, maybe the former nazi was experiencing remorse, maybe her really did try to get out of the situation he found himself in...but the historical evidence Ms. Fulbrook uncovers is just too damning. (Ms. Fulbrook is aware of this, and admits her personal connection to the family made her give more attention to the excuses than perhaps warranted).Overall, for those with interest in this subject, this is a worthwhile read.

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    Day-to-day life of a German "middle-manager" in occupied Poland
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015*

The book was not what I was expecting.  It seemed to me to be an anguished expression of the author's discomfort with the fact that her godmother was the wife of a "good Nazi" civil servant.  Nevertheless I felt that the book gave some real insight into the workings of a "middle manager" of the Nazi regime in western Poland.  It had never occurred to me that there was a civil government in the occupied territories to attend to the day-to-day business of populating the resettlement camps and ultimate demise of the "unwanted" sub-humans.  Nor had I realized that these unwanted sub-humans were valuable as slave labor.  The book was thus enlightening in many aspects of day to day life in occupied Poland.I found the book to be a difficult read but in the end a valuable read.

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    A Must-Read For Perspective on How So Many Germans Claim No Knowledge of the Holocaust
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2013*

A very unusual but original book. It seeks to answer how perfectly "normal" Germans could have little or no knowledge of The Holocaust {in their view}. The author focuses on officials and the Jews in a small town just 25 miles on the main railroad line to Auschwitz.The reader is warned that it takes some commitment to endure the repetition of the author's thesis and conclusions which appear time and again in the book. Just when you're ready to put the book down {"I've read enough already"} another aspect of the story emerges and I pressed on. The arguments are subtle but the repetition ensures that they emerge. In sum the reader is nicely rewarded for staying the reading course.In this day and age, this book shows helpful light on issues and consequences of obedience to The System and Government. The military has the concept of "unlawful orders" and civilians need to be so-equipped as well.I have seen this book reviewed ONLY in the "NY Review of Books" and were it not for that review I would never know this book existed. For anyone seeking some answers to this huge topic area, this book strikes me as a must-read.

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