{"product_id":"why-the-germans-why-the-jews-envy-race-hatred-and-the-prehistory-of-the-holocaust","title":"Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust","description":"A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums\n\nWhy did the Holocaust happen in Germany, of all places? How did a country known for its culture and refinement turn so rabidly anti-Semitic? Why did a nation where Jews had full civil rights and many opportunities―a place that Jews had eagerly flocked to in the early twentieth century to escape racist persecution in Poland and Russia―turn upon them so violently just a few decades later? Countless people have grappled with these questions, but few have come up with answers as original and perceptive as those of German historian Götz Aly. Tracing the prehistory of the Holocaust―from the 1800s to the Nazis' assumption of power in 1933―Aly shows that German anti-Semitism did not originate with racist ideology or religious animosity, as is often supposed. Instead, through striking statistics and economic analysis, he demonstrates that it was rooted in a more basic emotion: material envy.\n\nAly's groundbreaking account of this fatal social dynamic opens up a new vantage point on the greatest crime in history and is sure to prompt heated debate for years to come.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250062640\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250062640.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Aly, Götz\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43590255444029,"sku":"BVV.1250062640.A","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250062640-0.jpg?v=1788733626","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/why-the-germans-why-the-jews-envy-race-hatred-and-the-prehistory-of-the-holocaust","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}