The Holocaust in HistoryDid 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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... Polish nation . Even at the time , the question of Polish antisemitism was a matter of dispute among the Jews themselves . Many Jews in the ghettos argued that hostility toward them had increased during the Nazi occupation . Yet some ...
... Polish nation . Even at the time , the question of Polish antisemitism was a matter of dispute among the Jews themselves . Many Jews in the ghettos argued that hostility toward them had increased during the Nazi occupation . Yet some ...
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... Polish populace among whom antisemitism has by no means decreased . ” He told his superiors that Nazi Jewish policy posed a grave danger to the Polish resistance because “ a large portion of Polish society ” appreciated Nazi anti ...
... Polish populace among whom antisemitism has by no means decreased . ” He told his superiors that Nazi Jewish policy posed a grave danger to the Polish resistance because “ a large portion of Polish society ” appreciated Nazi anti ...
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... Polish authorities were frequently strained in exile , and were even worse , at times , within occupied Poland . Polish spokesmen consistently portrayed the Jewish catastrophe as part of the larger tragedy of the Polish nation ...
... Polish authorities were frequently strained in exile , and were even worse , at times , within occupied Poland . Polish spokesmen consistently portrayed the Jewish catastrophe as part of the larger tragedy of the Polish nation ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE HOLOCAUST IN PERSPECTIVE | 8 |
THE FINAL SOLUTION | 31 |
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