Beginnings, mass murder, and aftermath of the Holocaust : where history and psychology intersect / Norman Solkoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solkoff, Norman, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

National socialism.

Physical Description:

359 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]

Summary:

Beginnings, Mass Murder, and Aftermath of the Holocaust attempts to sensitize individuals to the tragic results of a racist world outlook, as well as make clear to them how complicated are the series of steps that take the individual from the expression of racist sentiments and mild expressions of anti-Semitism to outright genocide. The text shows the complex ways in which politics, economics, culture, and social forces interacted with individual motivations to produce the Holocaust. A useful supplementary text for students in European History courses, students in Clinical and Social Psychology courses, and for students in Judaic Studies.

Contents:

Chapter 2 Antisemitism 13

Chapter 3 Authoritarianism and Conformity 39

Chapter 4 Aggression and Violence 65

Chapter 5 Practicing for Genocide: Euthanasia in Nazi Germany 95

Chapter 6 Hitler 105

Chapter 7 Leading Nazis 137

Chapter 8 Surviving the Ghettos and Camps 183

Chapter 9 Complicity or Resistance? 207

Chapter 10 Rescuers and Bystanders 235

Chapter 11 Holocaust Survivors in the Postwar World 273

Chapter 12 Explaining the Past and Predicting the Future 295

Appendix Remembering the Holocaust 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-340) and index.

ISBN:

0761820280

OCLC:

46506062