| Description |
xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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| Note |
"A Meridian book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index. |
| 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 |
Assesses the historical literature on the Holocaust, including the role of collaborationist governments, the Roman Catholic Church, and Jewish ghetto leadership. |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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Holocaust, 1933-1945 -- Historiography.
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866 |
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1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0452009537 (pbk.) |
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9780452009530 (pbk.) |
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