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100 1  Aly, Götz,|d1947-|eauthor. 
240 10 Warum die Deutschen? Warum die Juden?|lEnglish 
245 10 Why the Germans? why the Jews? :|benvy, race hatred, and 
       the prehistory of the Holocaust /|cGötz Aly ; translated 
       by Jefferson Chase. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
263    1404 
264  1 New York :|bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,
       |c2014. 
300    290 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and 
       index. 
520    "A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new 
       light on one of the most puzzling and historically 
       unsettling conundrums Why the Germans? Why the Jews? 
       Countless historians have grappled with these questions, 
       but few have come up with answers as original and 
       insightful as those of maverick German historian Gotz Aly.
       Tracing the prehistory of the Holocaust from the 1800s to 
       the Nazis' assumption of power in 1933, Aly shows that 
       German anti-Semitism was--to a previously overlooked 
       extent--driven in large part by material concerns, not 
       racist ideology or religious animosity. As Germany made 
       its way through the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution,
       the difficulties of the lethargic, economically backward 
       German majority stood in marked contrast to the social and
       economic success of the agile Jewish minority. This 
       success aroused envy and fear among the Gentile population,
       creating fertile ground for murderous Nazi 
       politics.Surprisingly, and controversially, Aly shows that
       the roots of the Holocaust are deeply intertwined with 
       German efforts to create greater social equality. 
       Redistributing wealth from the well-off to the less 
       fortunate was in many respects a laudable goal, 
       particularly at a time when many lived in poverty. But as 
       the notion of material equality took over the public 
       imagination, the skilled, well-educated Jewish population 
       came to be seen as having more than its fair share. Aly's 
       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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Jews|xCultural assimilation|zGermany|y19th century. 
650  0 Jews|xCultural assimilation|zGermany|y20th century. 
650  0 Jews|zGermany|xIdentity|y19th century. 
650  0 Jews|zGermany|xIdentity|y20th century. 
650  0 Jews|zGermany|xSocial conditions|y19th century. 
650  0 Jews|zGermany|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 
650  0 Antisemitism|zGermany|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Antisemitism|zGermany|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 Germany|xEthnic relations. 
700 1  Chase, Jefferson S.,|etranslator. 
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