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Holocaust Debate - Coggle Diagram
Holocaust Debate
Functionalism
Notable functionalists = Timothy Mason, Raul Hilberg, Christopher Browning, Yehuda Bauer, Zygmunt Bauman
sees the Holocaust as an unplanned, ad hoc response to wartime developments in Eastern Europe when Germany conquered areas with large Jewish populations
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Structuralism
nature of the Nazi state that produced genocide
no coherent plan but the chaotic competition in Hitler's approval between different elements of the leadership produced a situation in which genocide could occur
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Directed towards Himmler, Heydrich, Goering, Goebbels/other high ranking Nazis
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Intentionalism
Notable intentionalists = Lucy Dawidowicz, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
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Proof:
- Hitler's antisemitism in Mein Kampf
- Hitler's speeches in beer halls
- Hossbach memorandum
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