Nazi Terror tackles the central aspect of the Nazi dictatorship head on by focusing on the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Based on years of research in Gestapo archives, on more than 1,100 Gestapo and "special court" case files, and on surveys and interviews with German perpetrators, Jewish victims and ordinary Germans who experienced the Third Reich firsthand, Johnson's book settles many nagging questions about who, exactly, was responsible for what, who knew what, and when they knew it. Nazi Terror is the most fine-grained portrait we may ever have of the mechanism of terror in a dictatorship.
Eric Arthur Johnson Books
Eric Johnson's scholarly work delves into the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, while also exploring broader themes of crime, urbanization, and justice. His current research focuses on American and Allied prisoners of war during WWII and the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification. Johnson's writing is deeply intertwined with his academic teaching, often examining dark chapters of history through the lens of social science and historical research methods.
