The Origins of the Final Solution

Sensitive and nuanced, this is a fine piece of synthesis and analysis

Sunday Times

Superb . . . [Browning] has created an eloquent, painstaking narrative of how the Final Solution evolved

Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal

This is a book of exceptional quality - The work of a historian at the peak of his powers, a magisterial study, a profound analysis of how the darkest chapter in human history could come about

Ian Kershaw, bestselling author of Hitler

This magisterial work... An unrivaled account of how the Nazi leadership ended up with a policy of industrialized mass murder of Jews - Probably no one is better qualified for this task than Christopher Browning.

Mark Mazower, New York Times

Browning is persuasive because he marshals his evidence with unrivalled skill and writes with awesome clarity.

Literary Review

To seek an answer to "why", we have first to grasp "how" and pick our way down the track which leads...from "Expel to Exploit to Exterminate". On that journey, this book is the best guide.

Observer

A winning combination of forensic precision with the historian's skill of telling a story clearly and powerfully... A demonstration of what good history is about

Evening Standard