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| Genre/Form: | Sources Personal narratives |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Berenbaum |
| ISBN: | 0062701088 9780062701084 |
| OCLC Number: | 34691100 |
| Description: | xxxiii, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The Boycott -- The first regulatory assault against Jews -- Early efforts at spiritual resistance -- The Nuremberg laws -- The conference at Evian -- The November pograms: Kristallnacht and its aftermath -- The beginning of ghettoization -- The Judenrat -- A mosaic of victims: non-Jewish victims of Nazism -- The Einsatzgruppen -- Babi Yar -- The call to arms -- Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews -- The killers: a speech, a memoir, and an interview -- Choiceless choices -- The end of a ghetto: deportation from Warsaw -- The Warsaw ghetto uprising -- What was known in the West -- Why Auschwitz was not bombed -- Liberation and its aftermath -- The Nuremberg trials. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Berenbaum, [editor]. |
Abstract:
This book "is an illustrated documentary history of the Nazis' largely successful effort to eradicate the Jews and other 'undesirables' of Europe, told in the words of its victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. Drawing on the most current research in the field of Holocaust Studies, and including Michael Berenbaum's insightful commentary, the book covers: The Boycott, The First Regulatory Assault against Jews, Early Efforts at Spiritual Resistance, The Nuremberg Laws, The Conference at Evian, The November Pogroms, The Beginning of Ghettoization, The Judenrat, A Mosaic of Victims, The Einsatzgruppen, Babi Yar, The Call to Arms, Hitler's Plan to Exterminate the Jews, The Killers, Choiceless Choices, The End of a Ghetto, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, What was Known in the West, Why Auschwitz Was Not Bombed, Liberation and Its Aftermath, and the Nuremberg Trials."
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