Holocaust Voices

by GROTH, ALEXANDER J.OWENS, JOHN R.

• ISBN13: 9781591021551
• ISBN10: 1591021553
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Humanity Books

Summary

Political scientist Alexander Groth, himself a Holocaust survivor and a former inhabitant of the Warsaw Ghetto, has collected 240 systematic interviews, which go far beyond the usual first-person accounts of private sufferings. The author questioned survivors about their anticipations and awareness of the Final Solution; their impression of those Germans who were active in it; and their views of fellow Jews, non-Jewish neighbours, Western Allies, the pope, and sundry political and social entities active and important during the period. The objective of this study is to arrive at a general understanding of this historic tragedy from the point of view of those who lived through it and have had the opportunity of a lifetime of mature reflection. The trove of information in this volume will be especially valuable to Holocaust scholars and leaves to posterity the significant voices of the survivors.

Author Biography

Alexander J. Groth, Ph.D., a Holocaust survivor, is professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, Davis, and the author of many books

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 15
Cognition	p. 49
Learning from the Holocaust	p. 79
Jewish Identity	p. 107
The Reckoning: Blame and Praise	p. 131
Comparing the Holocaust	p. 177
The Part-Term Survivors	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 215
Appendices	p. 239
Questionnaire	p. 239
Questions in Analysis	p. 258
Mean Scores of Seventeen Independent Variables for Men and Women and Percentage Difference between Them	p. 261
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