Jerry Bergman - Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview: How the Nazi Eugenic Crusade for a Superior Race Caused the Greatest Holocaust in World History

Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview is a powerful reminder of the central role Darwins ideas played in opening the way for the depraved minds of Hitler and his henchmen to conceive and carry out some of the most shocking crimes in world history. Well documented in the writings of the participants themselves as well as in the accounts of both American and German historians, this book is a sobering study of the evil fruits of a false belief.

STEVEN E. WOODWORTH, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

A challenging read! Before delving into this book readers should brace themselves for encountering a blistering attack against Adolf Hitlers mid-twentieth-century German quest to produce a superior race. This philosophy culminated in the so-called Final Solution, the extermination of approximately 6 million Jews and over 5 million other people who belonged to what German scientists judged were inferior races, including blacks, Slavic peoples, especially Poles and Russians and Ukrainians, Gypsies and some Asiatic racesessentially all peo ples in the world except Aryans (Western Europeans). The Nazis also killed the disabled and were anti-Church fanatics. Bergmans new book con tains an extensive bibliographic collection of writers who have recognized that the German conquest had its foundational doc trines solidly based upon Darwinian evolutionary thinking.

WAYNE FRAIR, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biology, The Kings College, New York

If you think that there was only a superficial connection between evolution and Nazism, be astonished at the facts when reading this book. Learn how evolutionary theory animated so many aspects of Nazi ideology. Realize why Hitlers Christianity was purely tactical in nature and why evolutionary theory played a major role in driving erstwhile devout Christians into hardened Nazis.

JAN PECZKIS, M.A., Author, teacher and lecturer

Professor Jerry Bergmans book is certainly much needed, and I am in total agreement with his overall theme. I found the book interesting and engrossing, especially the second part. I heartily recommend it.

EMERSON THOMAS McMULLEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

If you want to be informed about the details of what happened to cause World War II, and we all should, Jerry Bergmans latest expos is required reading. Long before I got to the end of the book, it was obvi ous that Charles Darwins ideas were deeply embedded in the minds of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. While Darwin certainly wasnt the only culprit, one has to wonder how much less horrific things might have been without Darwinism.

MILT MARCY, author and lecturer

A reasonable attempt to help a popular audience understand the Dar winian influences on leading Nazi officials.

RICHARD WIEKART, Ph.D., Professor of History, California State University, Stanislaus