While the history of Nazism has largely been written, individual destinies remain behind the broader historical narrative-destinies that several works seek to analyze. ---- To understand the Nazi system, the book by Erika Mann-daughter of the writer Thomas Mann-is significant. With remarkable prescience, she wrote a lengthy text in English in 1938 illustrating the indoctrination of youth and the educational mechanisms employed to manufacture robots ready to carry out any order. She dissects the obsessive antisemitism propagated by the regime in family newspapers and, above all, in schools: preparation for national defense, the cult of race, and calls for the elimination of society's "impure elements." Once this indoctrination was complete, young Germans were conscripted into youth organizations that finalized the process of regimentation. The book's strength lies in its analysis-conducted in real-time-of the looming catastrophe.
Johanna Lehr continues her microscopic analysis of the extermination of Jews in France. She focuses on the lives of deported women who were confined in Block 10 in 1943, where the Nazis conducted pseudo-medical experiments on them. The book also examines survival after the camps following experiences of absolute dehumanization. She highlights how, despite this, the instinct for life prevailed. Without glossing over any details, Johanna Lehr underscores the importance of continuing to analyze Nazism to expose the depth of its depravity, while simultaneously restoring the full humanity of the victims.
Ten Million Nazi Children
Erika Mann
Nouveau Monde, 2026, 286 pp. EUR22.90
Auschwitz: A Women's History
Johanna Lehr
Gallimard, 2026, 234 pp., EUR21
https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=9188
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