Perspectives on the Holocaust

Michael Robert Marrus, Michael Robert Marrus

• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9783110976199
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

This edition is the first of its kind to offer a basic collection of facsimile, English language, historical articles on all aspects of the extermination of the European Jews. A total of 300 articles from 84 journals and collections allows the reader to gain an overview of this field. The edition both provides access to the immense, rich array of scholarly articles published after 1960 on the history of the Holocaust and encourages critical assessment of conflicting interpretations of these horrifying events. The series traces Nazi persecution of Jews before the implementation of the "Final Solution", demonstrates how the Germans coordinated anti-Jewish activities in conquered territories, and sheds light on the victims in concentration camps, ending with the liberation of the concentration camp victims and articles on the trials of war criminals. The publications covered originate from the years 1950 to 1987. Included are authors such as Jakob Katz, Saul Friedländer, Eberhard Jäckel, Bruno Bettelheim and Herbert A. Strauss.

Table of contents

• Series Preface
• Introduction
• Part One: The Holocaust in History
• European Jewry Before and After Hitler
• Concerning Authentic and Unauthentic Responses to the Holocaust
• The “Incomprehensibility” of the Holocaust: Tightening Up Some Loose Usage
• Against Mystification: The Holocaust as a Historical Phenomenon
• Was the Holocaust Predictable?
• Some Aspects of The Historical Significance of the Holocaust
• Jews, Antisemitism, and the Origins of the Holocaust
• On the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide
• The Place of the Holocaust in Contemporary History
• Part Two: Historical Writing on the Holocaust
• Publications on the Holocaust
• The Holocaust in American Historical Writing
• The Soviet Treatment of the Holocaust
• Historians of the German Democratic Republic on Antisemitism and Persecution
• Major Trends and Tendencies in German Historiography on National Socialism and the “Jewish Question” (1924–1984)
• The History of the Holocaust: A Survey of Recent Literature
• Normalizing the Holocaust? The Recent Historians’ Debate in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Copyright Information
• Index