US historian Douglas Smith discusses Vienna book on Austrian antisemitism in Nazi era

Douglas Smith, a US historian and Russia specialist, gives his first German-language interview about his book 'The City Without Jews', which examines the particular cruelty and envy of Austrians towards Jews during the Nazi era. The book has become the most discussed Vienna book of the year, highlighting ongoing historical reckoning in Austria. The interview underscores the persistence of scholarly and public debate about Austrian complicity in the Holocaust.

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