Journey into Darkness

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"Part travel diary, part historical investigation, part reflection on contemporary Australia, this sober and civilised book provides a remarkably lucid introduction to the study of the Holocaust." (Robert Manne) "Journey into Darkness is not just about the Holocaust...but it also raises important questions for us as Australians." (Veronica Brady) "In this profound and compassionate book, Winton Higgins makes takes us, in true Buddhist style, into the pain and truth of our own Australian story." (Dorothy McRae-McMahon)

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Winton Higgins, born in Sydney in 1941, is a graduate of the Universities of Sydney, Stockholm and London. After a brief period at the NSW Bar he changed careers to research, write and teach in the politics discipline, mainly at Macquarie University. He has taught comparative genocide studies and sits on the board of the Australian Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He lives in Sydney.