“A most valuable contribution to the history of Nazism and of the Holocaust.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Friedlander has written a book of great importance for understanding the Final Solution. . . . [He] breaks new ground in his examination of how the machinery of the euthanasia program was duplicated in death camps such as Auschwitz and Treblinka.” — CHOICE
“Admirably researched. . . . One of the distinguishing features of this study is the meticulous description of the administration of the euthanasia program.” — Gordon A. Craig, New York Review of Books
“Well-researched and wide-ranging. . . . The most detailed scholarly inquiry into the management and mechanics of the euthanasia operation yet published. Ten or fifteen years ago, it was rare to see a historian drawing links between the Final Solution and the murder of Germany’s handicapped. . . . Friedlander’s elucidation of the important continuities of technique and personnel gives us valuable new insights into the inner workings of Nazi genocide.” — Robert N. Proctor, American Historical Review
“Friedlander’s book is soberly written. But it is meticulous in its documentation. Never is a speculation presented without masses of material to back it up. It is a substantial book, in keeping with the importance of the topic and the material amassed here for the first time.” — Holocaust and Genocide Studies
“Is it possible to present novel views and materials on the origins of the German mass murder of the Jews? Henry Friedlander, a historian . . . and a survivor of Auschwitz . . . succeeds in doing so. . . . The book should be read by . . . medical students and doctors. It is a must for psychiatrists.” — Benno MÅller-Hill, Journal of the American Medical Association
“Well researched, remarkably balanced in its judgments, and full of fresh insights. It deserves the widest possible readership.” — Journal of Modern History
“This book should encourage a general rethinking of the issues involved and force a broadening of perspectives. On the basis of extraordinarily wide and successful digging in a vast array of archives . . . Friedlander has built both a case and an account which will be of enormous significance for decades to come. . . . This book will remain essential for an understanding of the internal structure and functioning of National Socialist Germany.” — Gerhard L. Weinberg, German Studies Review
“Friedlander has written an excellent piece of historical research which establishes the similarities of the fates of three victim groups.” — Jewish History
“Indispensable for undergraduate and graduate students of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany.” — History: Reviews of New Books
