Holocaust Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation

Name: Holocaust Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation
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ISBN: 9780547189468

ISBN-10: 054718946X

ISBN-13: 9780547189468

Edition: 4th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Donald Niewyk

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List price: $138.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

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.



Preface


Editor's Preface to Instructors


Editor's Preface to Students


Chronology of Events


Glossary


Reference Map: Poland, 1939-1945, with Locations of Concentration and Extermination Camps


Tables: Estimated Jewish and Gypsy Deaths in the Holocaust


Introduction



Origins of the Holocaust


Anti-Semitism Through the Ages



Hitler's Decisive Role



The Opening Act of Nazi Genocide




The Motivations of the Killers


The Nazi Doctors



Hitler's Army



ï¿½Ordinary Menï¿½




The Victims' Experiences


Helpless Victims



The Will to Survive



The Gray Zone



Women and the Holocaust




The Problem of Jewish Resistance


Two Thousand Years of Jewish Appeasement



Forms of Jewish Resistance



Why the Jewish Councils Cooperated




Bystander Reactions


The Poles Helped Persecute the Jews



The Poles Were Fellow Victims



Righteous Gentiles




Possibilities of Rescue


The Myth of Rescue



The Silence of Pope Pius XII



The Failure to Comprehend



Suggestions for Additional Reading