| Description |
xv, 267 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series ; 7 |
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Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series ; 7
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| Contents |
The Holocaust in Perspective -- The Centrality of Antisemitism -- Hitler's Antisemitism -- The Uniqueness of the Holocaust -- Toward Mass Murder -- The Final Solution -- Intentionalists: The Straight Path -- Functionalists: The Twisted Road -- Functionaries of the Final Solution -- Aspects of Nazi Population Policy -- Germany's Allies, Vanquished States, and Collaborationist Governments -- Eastern Europe: The Final Solution in the German Lebensraum -- Western and Central Europe: Murder Improvised -- Public Opinion in Nazi Europe -- Germans -- East Europeans -- West Europeans -- Support for Jews -- The Victims -- East European Ghettos -- Central and West European Jewry -- The Camps -- Jewish Resistance -- Dilemmas and Objectives of Jewish Resistance -- Ghettos, Forests, and Camps in Eastern Europe -- Slovakia and Hungary: Rescue as Resistance -- Western Europe: Jewish Affirmation -- Bystanders -- What Was Known? -- Unwanted Refugees -- Jewish Communities -- The Soviet Union -- Neutrals -- The Catholic Church -- The End of the Holocaust -- Ransom Negotiations -- Other Rescue Options -- The Death Marches and Liberation |
| Summary |
"Tauber Institute for the study of European Jewry series ; v. 7." Presents an assessment of the Holocaust, explains the nature of historical debate, and shows how historical research has changed direction in recent years |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 247-255 |
| Notes |
Canadian Historical Society-Societe Historique du Canada Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, 1988 |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews.
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| LC no. |
87006291 |
| ISBN |
0874514258 |
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