The Holocaust in History

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Brandeis University Press, 1987 - History - 267 pages
Did Europe's Jews go passively to their deaths? How did Nazi anti-Semitism evolve into mass murder? How important was Hitler's own hatred of the Jews in creating the Final Solution? Why didn't the Allies aggressively try to save Jews before the war's end? Michael R. Marrus, in the first comprehensive assessment of the vast historical literature on the Holocaust, tackles explosive issues and tortured memories, handling them with judiciousness and sensitivity. Drawing on the entire range of historical literature on this subject, he comments upon the questions that have troubled observers over the years. By applying the tools of historical, sociological, and political analysis, he presents a balanced but eye-opening treatment of many highly charged topics on the Holocaust, including the role of collaborationist governments, the Roman Catholic Church, the local populations, Jewish ghetto leadership, and the Jews themselves. Book jacket.

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INTRODUCTION I
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THE HOLOCAUST IN PERSPECTIVE
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THE FINAL SOLUTION
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Copyright

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About the author (1987)

Michael R. Marrus is Professor of History at the University of Toronto and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has had visiting appointments at St. Antony's College, Oxford, UCLA, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His award winning books include Vichy France and the Jews, with Robert O. Paxton (1983), The Unwanted: European Refugees in the Twentieth Century (1985), and The Holocaust in History (1987).