The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-11201-7
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niewyk, Donald L.

Nicosia, Francis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antisemitismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Historical OverviewExcluding the Racially Inferior, 1933-1939War and the Beginning of Genocide, 1939-1941The Final Solution, 1941-1944The End of the Holocaust, 1944-1945Aftermath and LegaciesPart II. Problems and InterpretationsDefining the HolocaustRoots of the HolocaustHow the "Final Solution'' Came AboutThe Perpetrators and Their MotivationsThe Victims' Reactions to PersecutionThe Behavior of BystandersThe Question of RescueThe Lasting Effect of the HolocaustPart III. ChronologyPart IV. EncyclopediaPeoplePlacesTermsOrganizationsPart V. ResourcesPrinted Reference WorksPrinted Sources (Primary and Secondary)FilmographyElectronic ResourcesResource Organizations, Museums, and MemorialsAppendix 1. TablesAppendix 2. MapsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Donald L. Niewyk is professor of history at Southern Methodist University and is the author of four books, including Fresh Wounds: Early Narratives of Holocaust Survival.Francis R. Nicosia is professor of history at Saint Michael's College and is the author or editor of several books on the Holocaust and the Third Reich, including The Third Reich and the Palestine Question.