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Word: krausnick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...position to know." Among other things, Waite adds, it seems profoundly implausible that in the absolutist Third Reich, anyone but Hitler could have exercised the authority to murder more than 6 million people, in the process employing badly needed transport facilities and millions of work hours. Helmut Krausnick, director of Munich's Institute of Contemporary History, has concluded: "The extermination policy was decided upon by Hitler ... The unleashing of the terror rested on Hitler's explicit orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just an Ordinary Man | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

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