Warning and hope : the Nazi murder of European Jewry : a survivor's account / William Samelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samelson, William, 1928-

Series:

Library of Holocaust testimonies 1363-3759

Library of Holocaust testimonies, 1363-3759

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Ideology--Germany--History--20th century.

Ideology.

Jews--Persecutions--Germany.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions.

History.

Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xv, 558 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2003.

Contents:

Nazi Euphemisms xvi

The Library of Holocaust Testimonies / Sir Martin Gilbert xvii

Retrospectives 1

Introduction: Remembering Things Past 20

Part 1 Warning: Early History to Post-World War One

1 The Roots and Nature of Anti-Semitism 33

2 Political Racism and Social Darwinism 60

3 The Physical and Political Aspects of Post-World War One Germany 68

Part 2 The Price of Apathy: Hitler's Ascent to Power and World War Two

4 Hitler and his Ideology 85

5 The Final Solution to the Jewish Problem 134

Part 3 Days of Disgrace and Redemption: 1939-1945

6 Collaborators, Bystanders, Resistors, Deniers, Non-Jewish Victims and the Righteous Gentiles 221

7 Children during the Holocaust 335

Part 4 Hope: 1945 and After

8 The Fall of the Third Reich and the Trials for Crimes against Humanity 369

9 Genocide: God's Will or Man's Doing? 388

10 Xenophobia Revisited: The Politics of Hatred and Blame 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [531]-544) and index.

ISBN:

0853034621

0853034877

OCLC:

50676920