2nd Edition

The Holocaust Roots, History, and Aftermath

By David M. Crowe Copyright 2022
562 Pages 129 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

562 Pages 129 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

562 Pages 129 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Now in its second edition, this book takes a fresh, probing look at one of the greatest human tragedies in modern history. Beginning with a detailed overview of the history of the Jews and their two-millennia-old struggle with the anti-Judaic and anti-Semitic prejudice and discrimination that set the stage for the Holocaust, David M. Crowe discusses the evolution of Nazi racial policies,... Read more

Introduction

1. Jewish History: Ancient Beginnings and the Evolution of Christian Anti-Judaic Prejudice Through the Reformation

2. Jews, the Enlightenment, Emancipation, and the Rise of Racial Anti-Semitism Through the Early Twentieth Century

3. The World of Adolf Hitler, 1889–1933: War, Politics, and Anti-Semitism

4. The Nazis in Power, 1933–1939: Eugenics, Race, and Biology; Jews, the Handicapped, and the Roma

5. Nazi Germany at War, 1939–1941: "Euthanasia" and the Handicapped; Ghettos and Jews

6. The Invasion of the Soviet Union and the Path to the "Final Solution"

7. The "Final Solution," 1941–1944: Death Camps and Experiments with Mass Murder

8. The Final Solution in Western Europe and the Nazi-Allied States

9. The Holocaust and the Role of Europe’s Neutrals: Then and Now

10. Liberation, DPs, and the Search for Justice: War Crimes Investigations and Trials in Europe, the United States, and Israel

11. Historiography, Memorialization, and Lessons 'Unlearned'

Biography

David M. Crowe is a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University and Professor Emeritus of History and Law at Elon University, USA. He is the author of Stalin’s Soviet Justice: "Show" Trials, War Crimes Trials, and Nuremberg, War Crimes, Genocide and Justice: A Global History, A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia, Crimes of State: Past and Present, and Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind "The List."