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Summary Of Hitler The Germans And The Final Solution By Ian Kershaw
The book Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution written by Ian Kershaw and published by Yale University Press in 2008. Ian Kershaw is a British historian whom is regarded as the best expert on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Professor Kershaw received a BA at University of Liverpool and Ph.D. in Merton College, Oxford. Professor Kershaw has written a variety of books from his oldest book - Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris to his newest book To Hell and Back. Source G comes from Ian Kershaw book Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution page 7-42. This source introduces me to the following important aspects that is important to me: “Hitler first and last statement regarding the Jewish Question was in a letter which was written in September 1919,

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