The extermination of the European Jews / Christian Gerlach (University of Bern).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerlach, Christian, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Series:

New approaches to European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 508 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Introduction

pt. I. Persecution by Germans. 2. Before 1933 ; 3. From enforced emigration to territorial schemes: 1933-41 ; 4. From mass murder to comprehensive annihilation: 1941-2 ; 5. Extending mass destruction: 1942-5 ; 6. Structures and agents of violence

pt. II. Logics of persecution. 7. Racism and anti-Jewish thought ; 8. Forced labor, German violence and Jews ; 9. Hunger policies and mass murder ; 10. The economics of separation, expropriation, crowding and removal ; 11. Fighting resistance and the persecution of Jews

pt. III. The European dimension. 12. Legislation against Jews in Europe: a comparison ; 13. Divided societies: popular input to the persecution of Jews ; 14. Beyond legislation: non-German policies of violence ; 15. In the labyrinths of persecution: survival attempts ; 16. Conclusion: Group destruction in extremely violent societies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-502) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781139034180

1139034189

Publisher Number:

99984103318

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