Search & Research: Lectures and Papers 36: The Germans, The War in The East, and The “Final Solution”

In the historiography of World War II and the Holocaust, letters and diaries are often used to provide insight into the perspectives of the time. In this volume, Jürgen Matthäus uses the often-neglected source of photo albums created by German soldiers during and immediately after the war. These albums provide a rare insight into the mindset of ordinary Germans, their knowledge of the crimes committed, and how their perspectives changed during the war.