And yet, it wasn't the ideology of "blood and soil" nor the doctrine of "guns and butter" that secured the Nazis' rise to power. Their destructive plans were carried out through raw numbers, punched cards, statistical expertise, and identification documents.

Every military or labor unit was primarily a numerical unit; every act of extermination was the result of a recording process; the sorting on the docks was the culmination of a procedure that started on paper.

People-symbols such as Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich are remembered in history not only as bloodthirsty leaders but also as rational individuals who always acted after careful calculations.

Author: ROTH KARL-HEINZ

Language: GREEK

Year of publication: 2022