Super Short Summary

Hitler’s Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen argues that ordinary Germans supported and participated in the Holocaust due to a deeply ingrained, extreme form of anti-Semitism in German culture. This theory challenges the widely-held belief that these individuals were indifferent or coerced, asserting instead that eliminationist anti-Semitism was prevalent before and during the Third Reich, influencing many to actively partake in genocide. The book includes graphic descriptions of violence and genocide.