"This work explores the complex causes that led to the perpetration of the greatest act of genocide in modern history: the Shoah. What motivates this inquiry is the breaking point of the utopian ideal of the civilizing process: 'How could Auschwitz-Birkenau have come into being?'" the author asks.
Dr. Rafecas constructs a concise and explanatory narrative that argues that the Shoah did not come about solely through the will of a handful of anti-Semitic fanatics led by Adolf Hitler, but rather through the successive overcoming of a series of stages in which criminal decisions regarding the Jewish question became increasingly radicalized. Those decisions were gradually processed and rationalized by tens of thousands of officials involved in the process of destruction.
The exhaustive chronicle of events addresses the context of the world war (in particular the dramatic turns of events that characterized the invasion of the Soviet Union) as well as the key role played by the state bureaucracy charged with implementing anti-Jewish policies (Heinrich Himmler’s SS); and sheds light on the Nazi regime’s path toward the consummation of the “Final Solution,” a process that could only be possible through the progressive dismantling of fundamental rights characteristic of a totalitarian state.
Dr. Rafecas is an attorney and holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He teaches a seminar on Criminal Sciences and the Shoah at the UBA. He is an Academic Advisor at the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires. He has given lectures on topics related to the Shoah in Spain, the United States, France, Israel, and Latin American countries. He received the “Human Rights” award from B’nai B’rith Argentina, the “Gilbert Lewi” award from the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum Foundation, and the “Moisés” award from the Hebrew Society, in recognition of his contributions to keeping the memory of the Shoah alive.
Dr. Ferreira holds a Ph.D. in Economic Relations from La Salle University (United States). He served as a National Representative and Senator of the Republic. He chaired the Uruguayan Association Against Racism and Apartheid, the Uruguayan Commission for Soviet Jews, and the Uruguayan Commission Against Racism and Ethnic Persecution. He worked as a journalist for media outlets in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. He has published more than 12 books, including “El desafío externo” (1986) and “Vadearás la sangre” (2006). He was awarded the Order of San Martín the Liberator with the rank of Grand Cross. He received the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama and the Jerusalem Prize from the Zionist Organization of Uruguay.
Dr. Rafecas constructs a concise and explanatory narrative that argues that the Shoah did not come about solely through the will of a handful of anti-Semitic fanatics led by Adolf Hitler, but rather through the successive overcoming of a series of stages in which criminal decisions regarding the Jewish question became increasingly radicalized. Those decisions were gradually processed and rationalized by tens of thousands of officials involved in the process of destruction.
The exhaustive chronicle of events addresses the context of the world war (in particular the dramatic turns of events that characterized the invasion of the Soviet Union) as well as the key role played by the state bureaucracy charged with implementing anti-Jewish policies (Heinrich Himmler’s SS); and sheds light on the Nazi regime’s path toward the consummation of the “Final Solution,” a process that could only be possible through the progressive dismantling of fundamental rights characteristic of a totalitarian state.
Dr. Rafecas is an attorney and holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He teaches a seminar on Criminal Sciences and the Shoah at the UBA. He is an Academic Advisor at the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires. He has given lectures on topics related to the Shoah in Spain, the United States, France, Israel, and Latin American countries. He received the “Human Rights” award from B’nai B’rith Argentina, the “Gilbert Lewi” award from the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum Foundation, and the “Moisés” award from the Hebrew Society, in recognition of his contributions to keeping the memory of the Shoah alive.
Dr. Ferreira holds a Ph.D. in Economic Relations from La Salle University (United States). He served as a National Representative and Senator of the Republic. He chaired the Uruguayan Association Against Racism and Apartheid, the Uruguayan Commission for Soviet Jews, and the Uruguayan Commission Against Racism and Ethnic Persecution. He worked as a journalist for media outlets in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. He has published more than 12 books, including “El desafío externo” (1986) and “Vadearás la sangre” (2006). He was awarded the Order of San Martín the Liberator with the rank of Grand Cross. He received the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama and the Jerusalem Prize from the Zionist Organization of Uruguay.