Lucy Dawidowicz’s analysis has three goals to achieve. First, to create a coherent account of how National Socialism came about to killing 6 million Jews, this beginning with 19th-century ideological ideas on race and anti-Semitism. In answering her first question, Dawidowicz delves into political archives and asks, how did it become capable for a modern state to execute mass killings of individuals based solely on their religion. This aspect is crucial for my research, as Dawidowicz helps map out the progression from a democratic and Western nation to a state conducting genocide from within its borders and across Europe. Second, this book looks at how Jewish communities responded, and the various levels of resistance they opposed. The final
