The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 15, 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780231112000
Subjects: Reference works; The Holocaust; Jewish Holocaust; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - General; General; Holocaust; History / World; Bibliography; Biography; Encyclopedias; Holocaust, 1933-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
First sentence: This brief summary of the Holocaust begins by outlining the stages in which Nazi racial policies evolved.
Description: "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.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Historical overview.; title: Excluding the "racially inferior", 1933-1939; title: War and the beginning of genocide, 1939-1941; title: The Final Solution, 1941-1944; title: The end of the Holocaust, 1944-1945; title: Aftermath and legacies; title: Part 2 : Problems and interpretations.; title: Defining the Holocaust; title: Roots of the Holocaust; title: How the "Final Solution" came about; title: The perpetrators and their motivations; title: The victims' reactions to persecution; title: The behavior of bystanders; title: The question of rescue; title: The lasting effect of the Holocaust; title: Part 3 : Chronology; title: Part 4 : Encyclopedia; title: Part 5 : Resources