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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Page 72
... deportations of 1942 were simply a continuation of a program deemed by the highest authorities in the land to be in the French national interest.31 Yet in France and elsewhere in the west trouble arose when it came to shipping western ...
... deportations of 1942 were simply a continuation of a program deemed by the highest authorities in the land to be in the French national interest.31 Yet in France and elsewhere in the west trouble arose when it came to shipping western ...
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... deportations in the summer of 1942 , and the Final Solution had already been in effect for some time . “ With Hungary , the delay of deportations until 1944 gave Jews and nonJews extensive opportunities to learn about the massacres ...
... deportations in the summer of 1942 , and the Final Solution had already been in effect for some time . “ With Hungary , the delay of deportations until 1944 gave Jews and nonJews extensive opportunities to learn about the massacres ...
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... deportations to the east . Occurring simultaneously with widespread roundups of young men to work in the Reich , observers often associated “ deportation ” of Jews with forced labor , rather than with the Final Solution . To this day ...
... deportations to the east . Occurring simultaneously with widespread roundups of young men to work in the Reich , observers often associated “ deportation ” of Jews with forced labor , rather than with the Final Solution . To this day ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE HOLOCAUST IN PERSPECTIVE | 8 |
THE FINAL SOLUTION | 31 |
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