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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... Wehrmacht , several historians ' demonstration of the complicity of high - ranking officers with the annihilation policy of the Barbarossa campaign shows conclusively that direct involvement in genocide was not limited to the SS . Omer ...
... Wehrmacht , several historians ' demonstration of the complicity of high - ranking officers with the annihilation policy of the Barbarossa campaign shows conclusively that direct involvement in genocide was not limited to the SS . Omer ...
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... Wehrmacht was in charge , was an exception to this lassitude . Having conquered Yugoslavia in the spring of 1941 , the Germans faced a small but desperate Communist uprising that began on 22 June , with the Nazi attack on the Soviet ...
... Wehrmacht was in charge , was an exception to this lassitude . Having conquered Yugoslavia in the spring of 1941 , the Germans faced a small but desperate Communist uprising that began on 22 June , with the Nazi attack on the Soviet ...
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... Wehrmacht in the latter part of 1941 , the German authorities in Lithuania decided to suspend the massacres that ... Wehrmacht's order to manufacture boots guaranteed the survival of the Jews . While this stratagem seems utterly fanciful ...
... Wehrmacht in the latter part of 1941 , the German authorities in Lithuania decided to suspend the massacres that ... Wehrmacht's order to manufacture boots guaranteed the survival of the Jews . While this stratagem seems utterly fanciful ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE HOLOCAUST IN PERSPECTIVE | 8 |
THE FINAL SOLUTION | 31 |
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