20th Century History, Totalitarianism, and the Issue of Evil Cover Image

Historia XX wieku, totalitaryzm i problem zła
20th Century History, Totalitarianism, and the Issue of Evil

Author(s): Tomasz Ceran
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: totalitarianism; Nazism; communism; genocide; God; 20th century history

Summary/Abstract: The article talks about using term ‘evil’ in professional historical science. The author convinced that in history we can use this term, what’s more, we should research the imagination of ‘evil’ in perpetrator’s minds to understand the genocide and mass murder in 20th century.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 379-407
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish
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