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"The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust offers readers and researchers a general history of the Holocaust while delving into the core issues and debates in the study of the Holocaust today." "Armed with the tools contained in this volume, students or researches investigating this vast and complicated topic will gain an informed understanding of one of the greatest tragedies in world history."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
416

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The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust
September 15, 2000, Columbia University Press
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First Sentence

"This brief summary of the Holocaust begins by outlining the stages in which Nazi racial policies evolved."

Table of Contents

Part 1 : Historical overview.
Excluding the "racially inferior", 1933-1939
War and the beginning of genocide, 1939-1941
The Final Solution, 1941-1944
The end of the Holocaust, 1944-1945
Aftermath and legacies
Part 2 : Problems and interpretations.
Defining the Holocaust
Roots of the Holocaust
How the "Final Solution" came about
The perpetrators and their motivations
The victims' reactions to persecution
The behavior of bystanders
The question of rescue
The lasting effect of the Holocaust
Part 3 : Chronology
Part 4 : Encyclopedia
Part 5 : Resources

Edition Notes

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
D804.3 .N54 2000, D804.3.N54 2000, D 804.3 N54 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
416
Dimensions
9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
Weight
2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9776383M
Internet Archive
columbiaguidetoh00niew
ISBN 10
0231112009
ISBN 13
9780231112000
LCCN
00024979
OCLC/WorldCat
43385495
Goodreads
699787

Work Description

Offering a multidimensional approach to one of the most important episodes of the twentieth century, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust offers readers and researchers a general history of the Holocaust while delving into the core issues and debates in the study of the Holocaust today. Each of the book's five distinct parts stands on its own as valuable research aids; together, they constitute an integrated whole. Part I provides a narrative overview of the Holocaust, placing it within the larger context of Nazi Germany and World War II. Part II examines eight critical issues or controversies in the study of the Holocaust, including the following questions: Were the Jews the sole targets of Nazi genocide, or must other groups, such as homosexuals, the handicapped, Gypsies, and political dissenters, also be included? What are the historical roots of the Holocaust? How and why did the "Final Solution" come about? Why did bystanders extend or withhold aid? Part III consists of a concise chronology of major events and developments that took place surrounding the Holocaust, including the armistice ending World War I, the opening of the first major concentration camp at Dachau, Germany's invasion of Poland, the failed assassination attempt against Hitler, and the formation of Israel. Part IV contains short descriptive articles on more than two hundred key people, places, terms, and institutions central to a thorough understanding of the Holocaust. Entries include Adolf Eichmann, Anne Frank, the Warsaw Ghetto, Aryanization, the SS, Kristallnacht, and the Catholic Church. Part V presents an annotated guide to the best print, video, electronic, and institutional resources in English for further study. Armed with the tools contained in this volume, students or researchers investigating this vast and complicated topic will gain an informed understanding of one of the greatest tragedies in world history. - Publisher.

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