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Lethal Elites

The Institutions and Professionals That Made the Holocaust Possible

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Lethal Elites

The Institutions and Professionals That Made the Holocaust Possible

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This eye-opening book highlights the role of elites in constructing systems of persecution and extermination during the Holocaust.
Being highly educated or living within a certain social class doesn't prevent us from being lured into destructive systems, especially when they operate to our benefit. The perception that the Holocaust was largely a crime carried out by ill-educated thugs acting on nationalistic hysteria and xenophobic prejudice is a myth. Leaders from many sectors of society, including industry, science, and religion came to support and enable the Nazi government, often due to the ways in which they were able to profit and benefit from the policies of persecution and genocide. With both a social science and historical approach, Lethal Elites highlights and assesses the ways in which the influence, training, and expertise of the most powerful and best educated were used in service to the genocidal agenda of the National Socialist Regime.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. With Cold Inhuman Eyes
Chapter 2. Legalizing Repression
Chapter 3. All in a Day's Work
Chapter 4. Howling with the Wolves
Chapter 5. With Burning Concern
Chapter 6. Life Unworthy of Life
Chapter 7. Getting the Most out of the Golden Calf
Chapter 8. Lethal Elites: A Cautionary Tale

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 13 Nov 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9798765157022
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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