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

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