Sources of the Holocaust / compiled by Steve Hochstadt.
Contributor(s): Hochstadt, Steve [editor.]
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022Edition: Second editionDescription: 352 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350328051; 9781350328044Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- SourcesDDC classification: 940.5318 Summary: "The Holocaust was the defining trauma of the 20th century. How do we begin to understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people, or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive? This new and improved edition of Sources of the Holocaust brings together over 90 original Holocaust documents and testimonies to put the reader into direct contact with the genocide's human participants. From the origins of Christian antisemitism and the creation of monstrous 'Others' to the immediate aftermath of these crimes against humanity and the rise of right-wing ideologies in the 21st century, this book is structured both chronologically and thematically in order to clearly explain the ideas that made the Holocaust possible, how people mounted resistance at the time, and the Holocaust's legacy today. On top of this unparalleled access to the voices of the Holocaust, Steve Hochstadt's authoritative and scholarly commentaries on each source ensures readers gain a comprehensive understanding of this terrible episode in human history. Shocking and compelling, this carefully curated collection of primary sources is the definitive account of Holocaust experiences and vital reading for all scholars of modern European history."-- Taken from back cover.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.5318 SOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 023095 |
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| 940.5318 REE The Holocaust : a new history / | 940.5318 SHA Truth prevails : demolishing holocaust denial : the end of "the Leuchter report" / | 940.5318 SMI Foley : the spy who saved 10,000 Jews / | 940.5318 SOU Sources of the Holocaust / | 940.5318 STO The Holocaust : an unfinished history / | 940.5318 WEB Pétain's crime : the full story of French collaboration in the Holocaust / | 940.5318 WYM The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust : 1941-1945 / |
Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
"The Holocaust was the defining trauma of the 20th century. How do we begin to understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people, or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive? This new and improved edition of Sources of the Holocaust brings together over 90 original Holocaust documents and testimonies to put the reader into direct contact with the genocide's human participants. From the origins of Christian antisemitism and the creation of monstrous 'Others' to the immediate aftermath of these crimes against humanity and the rise of right-wing ideologies in the 21st century, this book is structured both chronologically and thematically in order to clearly explain the ideas that made the Holocaust possible, how people mounted resistance at the time, and the Holocaust's legacy today. On top of this unparalleled access to the voices of the Holocaust, Steve Hochstadt's authoritative and scholarly commentaries on each source ensures readers gain a comprehensive understanding of this terrible episode in human history. Shocking and compelling, this carefully curated collection of primary sources is the definitive account of Holocaust experiences and vital reading for all scholars of modern European history."-- Taken from back cover.