Into That Darkness
An Examination of Conscience
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 12, 1983
Based on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the five Nazi extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final solution.
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- Who it’s for
- A stark examination of how one man rationalized his role in the Holocaust.
- Themes
- Moral rationalization, Holocaust culpability
- Genres
- Holocaust History, Lives in History, Genocide & War Crimes
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Based on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the five Nazi extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final solution.
Conscience Under Question
A stark examination of how one man rationalized his role in the Holocaust.
Come here for
- A close, unsettling encounter with moral evasion
- Insight into the language of self-justification
Expect
- Seventy hours of interviews with Treblinka’s commandant
- A searching focus on conscience and responsibility
Where it sits
| Holocaust History | 90% |
|---|---|
| Genocide & War Crimes | 38% |
| Lives in History | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Holocaust History
- Fascism & Totalitarianism
- Authors
- Gitta Sereny
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 12, 1983
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Moral rationalization · Holocaust culpability
- Reading lane
- Lives in History