Animals in the Third Reich; Author: Sax, Boria; Introduction: Fischer, Klaus P.; Hardback; Book

Author: Sax, Boria; Introduction: Fischer, Klaus P.
Hardback; Book; 10 B&w Illustrations
206 pages
Published: May 2001
Continuum International Publishing Group
ISBN: 0826412890
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Animals in the Third Reich begins by contrasting Jewish Christian and polytheistic traditions and contemporary German attitudes regarding the treatment of animals. Boria Sax documents how the Nazis manipulated these attitudes to conform to their own symbolic system -- Aryan wolves and horses; Jewish pigs and apes.By equating the Nazi party with nature, the Nazis reduced all ethicalissues to biological questions. Thus predatory animals were exalted along with their human counterparts -- party leaders and functionaries -- while enemies were identified as sheep destined for slaughter.Rich in anecdotal examples and accessibly written, this fascinating social history untangles paradoxes such as the Nazis' rigorous laws regarding the humane transportation of cattle in the sameThe first book to detail the vigorous pro-animal, anti cruelty laws of the Nazi's. By equating the Nazi party with nature, the Nazis reduced ethics to biology. Predators were exalted along with party leaders, while enemies were identified as sheep for slaugher. This social history looks at such paradoxes as the policy on animal protection contrasted with the policy on Jews.