This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians The volume brings together the most important & influential aspects of Ian Kershaw's research on the Holocaust for the first time The writings are arranged in three sections-Hitler & the Final Solution popular opinion & the Jews in Nazi Germany & the Final Solution in historiography-and Kershaw provides an introduction & a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism Kershaw was a founding historian of the social history of the Third Reich & he has throughout his career conducted pioneering research on the societal causes & consequences of Nazi policy His work has brought much to light concerning the ways in which the attitudes of the German populace shaped & did not shape Nazi policy This volume presents a comprehensive multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership & of the attitudes & behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide