Serious and well-researched.

New York Times

A pathbreaking work.

- Amos Elon, author of <i>The Pity of It All: A History of the Jews in Germany</i>,

Aly once again brings to bear his formidable research skills, his knack for pursuing original lines of inquiry, and his incredible capacity to uncover neglected and seemingly innocuous documents . a fascinating and important book.

- Christopher R. Browning, author of <i>Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland</i>,

This rewriting of history, which dismantles the conventional distinction between fanatical Nazis and sober civil servants, will irreversibly transform our understanding of the Third Reich.

- Omer Bartov, author of <i>Germany’s War and the Holocaust: Disputed Histories</i>,

Aly has written a brilliant yet disturbing book that shatters our complacencies.

- John Patrick Diggins, author of <i>Max Weber: Politics and the Spirit of Tragedy</i>,

Thoroughly researched and fluently written, this book offers a new, brilliant, gripping, and convincing dimension to the understanding of one of the most puzzling questions in the history of our times: Why did so many Germans, both Nazis and 'ordinary people,' support the persecution of the Jews? We've heard much about ideology, sociology, and psychology: it's time to pay attention to profit.

- Tom Segev, author of <i>The Seventh Million: Israel Confronts the Holocaust</i>,