230 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
230 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
230 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers a survey of the encounter between the Third Reich and European Jewry. Pointing out the difficulties historians face in interpreting the ever-expanding documentary record, it includes treatment of the role of non-Germans in the Holocaust, consideration of the much-debated nexus between the Holocaust and modernity, and discussion on how 'the Holocaust' developed as a distinct... Read more
Part 1: Analysis
1. Studying the Holocaust
2. The Jews
3. Hitler, Nazis, Germans, and Jews
4. 133-41: A Twisted Road?
5. Responding to Persecution
6. The Transition to Killing
7. Responding to Murder
8. Humanity, Modernity, and the Holocaust
Part 2: Documents
Biography
David Engel is Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History at New York University, USA. A member of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, he is the author of seven books and more than 100 articles on aspects of the Holocaust and modern Jewish history.
