Into That Darkness
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Into That Darkness is a non-fiction work of investigative journalism and moral inquiry in which Gitta Sereny explores the life, motivations, and crimes of Nazi commandant Franz Stangl and the machinery of the Holocaust.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Into That Darkness canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Holocaust literature
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investigative journalism book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Gitta Sereny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered a classic of Holocaust literature
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widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| features |
extensive interviews with Franz Stangl
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interviews with Stangl’s wife ⓘ interviews with other witnesses ⓘ interviews with survivors ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bureaucratic machinery of the Holocaust
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life of Franz Stangl ⓘ moral inquiry into evil ⓘ motivations of a Nazi commandant ⓘ psychology of mass murder ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust studies
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biography ⓘ history ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ translated editions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Franz Stangl
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Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi war crimes ⓘ Operation Reinhard NERFINISHED ⓘ Sobibor extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ perpetrators of genocide ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ethical analysis of guilt and responsibility
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exploration of ordinary people committing extraordinary crimes ⓘ in-depth portrait of a Nazi perpetrator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Nazi-occupied Poland
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Sobibor extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ post-war Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
banality of evil
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individual responsibility in totalitarian systems ⓘ memory and denial ⓘ moral complicity ⓘ structure of genocidal bureaucracy ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Second World War
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post-war trials of Nazi criminals ⓘ |
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Into That Darkness