Contesting histories
Subtitle: German and Jewish Americans and the legacy of the Holocaust
By: Michael Schuldiner
Series: Modern Jewish history; Modern Jewish history (Lubbock, Tex.)
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780896726987
Subjects: Historiography; Jews; Influence; Public opinion; American Public opinion; Attitudes; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); German Public opinion
Description: "A history of Holocaust understanding (and misunderstanding) in German- and Jewish-American communities. Focusing on both past and recent debates in academia, Schuldiner provides expansive historical context for understanding the Holocaust's reception and place in American historiography"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Holocaust debates: from main street to academia; title: Holocaust uniqueness and American retribution; title: Interventionism versus isolationism or Jewish Americans versus German Americans?; title: The Holocaust "debates" of the 1930s and 1940s; title: German ethnics and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum question; title: The battle of Bitburg; title: Browning and Goldhagen: man and superman, ordinary Germans or ordinary men?; title: German American and Jewish American views of the Holocaust.