Fleming is the only scholar given access to the interrogations of the German civilian crematoria engineers lying inaccessible, until a few months ago, in Moscow. This historically important information finally places the last stone in the mosaic of Auschwitz-Berkenau.

"[Fleming’s book] should finally lay to rest David Irving’s provocative theory that Hitler neither ordered nor wished the destruction of the Jewish people. . . . A meticulous examination of the entire network of authority that set the extermination policy in motion."—New York Review of Books

"Gerald Fleming, a scholar of great industry, accuracy and perseverance . . . has followed every trail, even into the closely guarded archives of Riga, and checked every document, as far as is still possible, by personal interrogation and affidavit. His boo is a model report on a long and profound search."—Times Literary Supplement

"[Fleming] has, in a brilliant way, assembled a pattern of indisputable facts which makes it impossible to deny that Adolf Hitler willed and carefully monitored the extermination program. . . . [His book] will remain on the shelves as the definitive answer to questions that have been asked too long."—Toronto Star