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CONTENTS<br />

6 <strong>The</strong> Wannsee Conference, the fate of German Jews, and<br />

Hitler’s decision in principle to exterminate all<br />

European Jews 106<br />

CHRISTIAN GERLACH<br />

7 German soldiers and the Holocaust: historiography,<br />

research and implications 162<br />

OMER BARTOV<br />

8 “Once again I’ve got to play general to the Jews”: from<br />

the war diary of Blutordensträger Felix Landau 185<br />

ERNST KLEE, WILLI DRESSEN AND VOLKER RIESS (EDS)<br />

9 Places far away, places very near: Mauthausen, the camps<br />

of the Shoah, and the bystanders 204<br />

GORDON J. HORWITZ<br />

10 Under a cruel star: a life in Prague 1941–1968 219<br />

HEDA MARGOLIUS KOVÁLY<br />

PART III<br />

Aftermath: testimony, justice, and denial 233<br />

11 Redefining heroic behavior: the impromptu self and the<br />

Holocaust experience 235<br />

LAWRENCE LANGER<br />

12 <strong>The</strong> gray zone 251<br />

PRIMO LEVI<br />

13 Remembering in vain: the Klaus Barbie trial and crimes<br />

against humanity 273<br />

ALAIN FINKIELKRAUT<br />

Index 292<br />

vi

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