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Title The Holocaust and other genocides : history, representation, ethics / edited by Helmut Walser Smith in association with William James Booth ... [and others]
Edition First edition
Published Nashville Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2002

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Description xxii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments xv -- Preface xvii -- Contributors xxi -- Part I -- History of the Holocaust 1 -- 1 From Religious Prejudice to Racism 3 -- 1.1 Images of Jews in the Medieval Period 7 -- 1.2 The Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther, 1543 8 -- 1.3 Political Statement by Adolf Hitler, September 16, 1919 10 -- Questions 11 -- Further Reading 12 -- 2 The Creation of a Racist Society 13 -- 2.1 Signs of Racism, Symbols of Segregation 18 -- 2.2 Excerpts from the Texts of the Nuremberg Laws 20 -- 2.3 Combating the Gypsy Nuisance by Heinrich Himmler, -- December 8, 1938 24 -- 2.4 Report on Crystal Night from Berlin 25 -- 2.5 Public Reactions to the Yellow Star and Deportations 26 -- Questions 27 -- Further Reading 29 -- 3 The Killing Process 30 -- 3.1 Protocol of the Wannsee Conference, January 20, 1942 38 -- 3.2 images of the Warsaw Ghetto 47 -- 3.3 Excerpt from the Warsaw Ghetto Diary of Avraham Levin, -- Friday, June 5, 1942 48 -- 3.4 Chaim Rumkowski's Address on the Deportation -- of the Children from the Lodz Ghetto, September 4, 1942 48 -- 3.5 The J3ger Report 50 -- -- -- -- 3.6 Testimony of Hermann Graebe, November 10,1945 58 -- 3.7 Excerpts from There Once Was a World by Yaffa Eliach 59 -- 3.8 German Railway Schedule, January 16,1943 61 -- 3.9 Abraham Kszepicki on Treblinka 64 -- Questions 66 -- Further Reading 70 -- 4 Resistance and Rescue 71 -- 4.1 Olga Lengyel, Resister in Auschwitz 78 -- 4.2 From Page 12 of the Nashville Tennessean, June 30,1942: -- 1,000,000 Jews Said Killed by Germans 80 -- 4.3 Bishop of MOnster, Clemens August Count von Galen, -- Protests "Euthanasia" Killings, August 3, 1941 81 -- 4.4 Magda Trocme (of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon) in -- The Courage to Care 82 -- Questions 84 -- Further Reading 86 -- Timeline 87 -- Glossary 89 -- Part II -- Representations of the Holocaust in the Arts 91 -- 5 Language and the Holocaust 93 -- 5.1 A Comparison of Names 94 -- Questions 98 -- 6 Literature and the Holocaust 100 -- Prose 100 -- 6.1 Discussion of Elie Wiesel's Night 101 -- 6.2 Discussion of Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Survivor's Tale 104 -- 6.3 Discussion of Tadeusz Borowski's This Way for the Gas, -- Ladies and Gentlemen 110 -- 6.4 Discussion of Ida Fink's "The Shelter" 111 -- Poetry 112 -- 6.5 The Butterfly by Pavel Friedmann 113 -- 6.6 For My Child by Abraham Sutzkever 114 -- -- -- -- 6.7 Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car by Dan Pagis 115 -- 6.8 You Onlookers by Nelly Sachs 116 -- Questions 117 -- Further Reading 120 -- 7 Monuments and Memorials 121 -- 7.1 Warsaw Ghetto Monument 125 -- 7.2 Treblinka 128 -- Questions 130 -- 8 Photographs 131 -- 8.1 Selection of Hungarian Jews for Extermination 132 -- 8.2 Tower of Faces, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, -- Washington, D.C. 133 -- 8.3 General Dwight Eisenhower and Other Officers -- Examine Corpses at Ohrdruf, April 12,1945 135 -- Questions 136 -- Further Reading 136 -- 9 Film 137 -- 9.1 Discussion of Au revoir les enfants (Good-bye Children) 138 -- 9.2 Discussion of Night and Fog (Nuit et brouilliard) 142 -- Questions 144 -- Other Films 145 -- Part III -- Other Genocides 147 -- 10 The Armenian Genocide 149 -- The Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 150 -- The Armenians Under the Young Turks 151 -- Genocide 153 -- Perpetrators, Bystanders, Rescuers 154 -- International Response 155 -- 10.1 Pan-Turkism: Excerpt from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story -- by Henry Morgenthau 159 -- 10.2 The Deportations: Excerpt from the Report of -- Lieutenant Sayied Ahmed Moukhtar Baas, December 26,1916 160 -- -- -- -- 10.3 Talaat: Excerpt from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story -- by Henry Morgenthau 162 -- 10.4 An Ambiguous Rescue Story: Excerpt -- from the Testimony of Aram Kilichjian 166 -- 10.5 Report to the German Government: Letter -- from Ambassador Wolff-Metternich to -- Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, July 10, 1916 167 -- 10.6 Germany's Interests: Meeting of the Imperial Budget Committee, -- September 29,1916, Notes of the State Secretary 168 -- 10.7 Starting Over? Excerpt from Black Dog of Fate: -- An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past by Peter Balakian 169 -- Questions 171 -- Timeline 175 -- Glossary 177 -- Further Reading 178 -- 11. Bosnia and Kosovo 179 -- Background 180 -- Genocide 181 -- Perpetrators, Bystanders, Rescuers 184 -- International Response 184 -- 11.1 Peter Maass in Conversation with a Serbian Woman 188 -- 11.2 Chronology of "Ethnic Cleansing" 189 -- 11.3 Images of War by Children of Former Yugoslavia 190 -- 11.4 The Mind of the Perpetrators 193 -- 11.5 Days in the Life of Bosnian Inmates, 1992 193 -- Questions 194 -- Timeline 196 -- Glossary 198 -- Further Reading 200 -- 12. Rwanda 201 -- Tutsis and Hutus 202 -- Ideology and Propaganda 203 -- The Killing Begins 204 -- Perpetrators, Bystanders, Rescuers 205 -- International Response 206 -- Aftermath 206 -- 12.1 Excerpt from Leave None to Tell the Story: -- Genocide in Rwanda by Alison Des Forges 208 -- -- -- -- 12.2 The Hutu Ten Commandments, 1990 210 -- 12.3 The Interahamwe: Excerpt from an Interview -- with Gloriose Mukakanimba, May 21,1994 211 -- 12.4 The Corruption of Language: Common Euphemisms -- of the Holocaust and the Genocide in Rwanda 212 -- 12.5 Initial Response of the U.S. Government: Excerpt from a -- PBS Frontline Interview with Tony Marley, a Former Official -- of the U.S. State Department 213 -- 12.6 Excerpt from President Bill Clinton's Address -- to the People of Rwanda, March 25,1998 216 -- Questions 218 -- Timeline 221 -- Glossary 222 -- Further Reading 222 -- Part IV -- Ethics 223 -- 13 Ethical Questioning 225 -- 13.1 Is Prejudice a Prelude to Annihilation? 229 -- 13.2 Is Genocide More Than Mass Murder? 232 -- 13.3 What Is a Choiceless Choice and the Extent of Moral Blame? 235 -- 13.4 How Does Good Happen? 239 -- 13.5 What Are the Limits of Forgiveness and Reconciliation? 241 -- 13.6 How Have Christians Responded to the Holocaust? 244 -- 13.7 What Is the Relationship Between Ethics and Remembrance? 248 -- Questions 249 -- Further Reading 254 -- Index 257
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Atrocities -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- Influence.
Atrocities -- Europe -- 20th century.
Ethnic relations -- Study and teaching.
Genocide -- Study and teaching.
Genocide -- Rwanda.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching.
Author Smith, Helmut Walser, 1962-
LC no. 2002001705
ISBN 0826514022 cloth alkaline paper
0826514030 paperback alkaline paper