Holocaust : The Nazi persecution and murder of the Jews / Peter Longerich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longerich, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (660 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, paying detailed attention to an unrivalled range sources. Focusing clearly on the perpetrators and exploring closely the process of decision making, Longerich argues that anti-Semitism was not a mere by-product of the Nazis' political mobilization or an attempt to deflect the attention of the masses, but that anti-Jewish policy was a central tenet of the Nazi movement's attempts to implement, disseminate, and secure National Socialist rule - and one which crucially shaped Nazi policy decisions, from their earliest day

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background: Anti-Semitism in the Weimar Republic; PART I: RACIAL PERSECUTION, 1933-1939; PART II: THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS, 1939-1941; PART III: MASS EXECUTIONS OF JEWS IN THE OCCUPIED SOVIET ZONES, 1941; PART IV: GENESIS OF THE FINAL SOLUTION ON A EUROPEAN SCALE, 1941; PART V: THE EXTERMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN JEW, 1942-1945; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First appeared in Germany in 1998 under the title Politik der Vernichtung.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-56378-5

9786612563782

0-19-153946-5

OCLC:

609861652