How Dehumanization Leads to Murder and Genocide: Lessons from the Nazi Era

This book discusses psychological aspects of dehumanization and of the human tendency to dominate, control and potentially murder those considered "less than", or dangerous to the dominant group. It explores how increasingly severe dehumanization resulted in the genocide of six million Jews in the second World War. Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of the Jews from Antiquity through the Middle Ages CHAPTER 2 Antisemitism and Dehumanization of the Jews in the Modern Period. Enlightenment and Emancipation. Political Antisemiti CHAPTER 3 Dehumanization. Research. Definitions. Examples in the Nazi Era CHAPTER 4 The Human Propensity toward Violence, Destruction, and Murder. Prohibitions against Killing Other Humans. Examples of CHAPTER 5 The Progression from Dehumanization to Murder and Genocide in the Nazi Era CHAPTER 6 Dehumanization of School-Aged Children in Nazi Germany CHAPTER 7 Medical Implementation of Aryan Ideology: Sterilization, Euthanasia, Experimentation CHAPTER 8 Summary and Conclusions. Alternative Approaches. Addressing Dehumanization References Index