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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... concentration camps within the framework of the Third Reich and to differentiate the special role of the handful of death camps — those that were mainly or exclusively devoted to murder . It is important to see these grotesque creations ...
... concentration camps within the framework of the Third Reich and to differentiate the special role of the handful of death camps — those that were mainly or exclusively devoted to murder . It is important to see these grotesque creations ...
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... death camps -- in the death marches of 1945 . THE DEATH MARCHES AND LIBERATION According to German historian Martin Broszat , Himmler issued a fateful order in January 1945 to evacuate the camps in eastern Europe about to be engulfed by ...
... death camps -- in the death marches of 1945 . THE DEATH MARCHES AND LIBERATION According to German historian Martin Broszat , Himmler issued a fateful order in January 1945 to evacuate the camps in eastern Europe about to be engulfed by ...
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... Concentration Camps , ” in Yisrael Gutman and Avital Saf , eds . , The Nazi Concentration Camps : Structure and Aims . The Image of the Prisoner . The Jews in the Camps . Proceedings of the Fourth Yad Vashem International Historical ...
... Concentration Camps , ” in Yisrael Gutman and Avital Saf , eds . , The Nazi Concentration Camps : Structure and Aims . The Image of the Prisoner . The Jews in the Camps . Proceedings of the Fourth Yad Vashem International Historical ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE HOLOCAUST IN PERSPECTIVE | 8 |
THE FINAL SOLUTION | 31 |
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