Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2007 awarded to Saul Friedländer. Saul Friedländer's book about the persecution and extermination of European Jews has been unanimously praised as one of the most significant historical and literary works of our time. Nowhere else is the history of the Holocaust told so compellingly, knowledgeably, and reflectively. Anyone who wants to understand what happened in Germany and then across Europe between 1933 and 1945, and how it could happen, cannot overlook this award-winning account. "An impeccably factual and thorough work: The incomprehension is explained here, but fortunately and for good reason, not eliminated (...) An astonishing and moving, an unforgettable book." Marcel Reich-Ranicki. "Those who have read this book will not forget it; it is emotionally stirring and intellectually engaging.".