Contesting histories : German and Jewish Americans and the legacy of the Holocaust / Michael Schuldiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuldiner, Michael Joseph.

Series:

Modern Jewish history (Lubbock, Tex.)

Modern Jewish history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Historiography.

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

Public opinion--Germany.

Public opinion.

Public opinion, American.

Public opinion, German.

Germany.

Public opinion--United States.

United States.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion, German.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion, American.

Jews--United States--Attitudes.

Jews.

Physical Description:

xxx, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2011]

Summary:

"A history of Holocaust understanding (and misunderstanding) in German- and Jewish-American communities. Focusing on both past and recent debates in academia, Schuldiner provides expansive historical context for understanding the Holocaust's reception and place in American historiography"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Holocaust debates: from main street to academia

Holocaust uniqueness and American retribution

Interventionism versus isolationism or Jewish Americans versus German Americans?

The Holocaust "debates" of the 1930s and 1940s

German ethnics and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum question

The battle of Bitburg

Browning and Goldhagen: man and superman, ordinary Germans or ordinary men?

German American and Jewish American views of the Holocaust.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780896726987

0896726983

OCLC:

712591225