Holocaust : Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation

by Niewyk, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780547189468
• ISBN10: 054718946X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The essays in this book debate the origins of the Holocaust, the motivations of the killers, the experience of the victims, and the various possibilities for intervention or rescue.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Editor's Preface to Instructors	p. xi
Editor's Preface to Students	p. xv
Chronology of Events	p. xix
Glossary	p. xxi
Reference Map: Poland, 1939-1945, with Locations of Concentration and Extermination Camps	p. xxiii
Tables: Estimated Jewish and Gypsy Deaths in the Holocaust	p. xxiv
Introduction	p. 1
Origins of the Holocaust	p. 9
Anti-Semitism Through the Ages	p. 12
Hitler's Decisive Role	p. 23
The Opening Act of Nazi Genocide	p. 38
The Motivations of the Killers	p. 57
The Nazi Doctors	p. 60
Hitler's Army	p. 76
ôOrdinary Menö	p. 84
The Victims' Experiences	p. 101
Helpless Victims	p. 104
The Will to Survive	p. 109
The Gray Zone	p. 115
Women and the Holocaust	p. 128
The Problem of Jewish Resistance	p. 141
Two Thousand Years of Jewish Appeasement	p. 144
Forms of Jewish Resistance	p. 150
Why the Jewish Councils Cooperated	p. 165
Bystander Reactions	p. 177
The Poles Helped Persecute the Jews	p. 180
The Poles Were Fellow Victims	p. 192
Righteous Gentiles	p. 217
Possibilities of Rescue	p. 225
The Myth of Rescue	p. 228
The Silence of Pope Pius XII	p. 240
The Failure to Comprehend	p. 252
Suggestions for Additional Reading	p. 267
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.