Thisbookexploresthesimilarattitudesandmethodsbehindmodernsociety’streatmentofanimalsandthewayhumanshaveoftentreatedeachother,mostnotablyduringtheHolocaust.Thebook’sepigraphandtitlearefromTheLetterWriter,astorybytheYiddishwriterandNobelLaureateIsaacBashevisSinger:Inrelationtothem,allpeopleareNazis;fortheanimalsitisaneternalTreblinka.Thefirstpartofthebook(Chapter1-2)describestheemergenceofhumanbeingsasthemasterspeciesandtheirdominationovertherestoftheinhabitantsoftheearth.Thesecondpart(Chapters3-5)examinestheindustrializationofslaughter(ofbothanimalsandhumans)thattookplaceinmoderntimes.Thelastpartofthebook(Chapters6-8)profilesJewishandGermananimaladvocatesonbothsidesoftheHolocaust,includingIsaacBashevisSingerhimself.
