Overview
- Uses the most complete range of Holocaust sources available in one book to help explain how and why the Holocaust happened
Allows perpetrators and victims to speak in their own words, offering shocking, direct and authentic accounts of Holocaust experiences
Part of the book series: Documents in History (DH)
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About this book
The Holocaust was the central event of the twentieth century. How can we understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people, or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive? In this new collection of original documents and sources, Steve Hochstadt brings the reader into direct contact with the Holocaust's human participants. The words of Nazi leaders and common soldiers, SS doctors and European collaborators show how and why they became involved in mass murder, while those of the victims help us to imagine their torments.
Sources of the Holocaust moves from the origins of Christian anti-Semitism to today's controversies over restitution to reveal the ideas that made the Holocaust possible, the detailed Nazi plans to destroy human lives, and the ability of those targeted to mount resistance. Hochstadt's authoritative commentaries on each source, based on the latest research, describe the people who produced these documents, and provide a full history of the Holocaust. At the same time, Hochstadt offers fresh ideas on major perpetrators, the significance of resistance, and the meaning of the word 'Holocaust'.
Both shocking and compelling, this volume of authentic accounts of Holocaust experiences offers new insights into one of the most terrible episodes in human history.
Sources of the Holocaust moves from the origins of Christian anti-Semitism to today's controversies over restitution to reveal the ideas that made the Holocaust possible, the detailed Nazi plans to destroy human lives, and the ability of those targeted to mount resistance. Hochstadt's authoritative commentaries on each source, based on the latest research, describe the people who produced these documents, and provide a full history of the Holocaust. At the same time, Hochstadt offers fresh ideas on major perpetrators, the significance of resistance, and the meaning of the word 'Holocaust'.
Both shocking and compelling, this volume of authentic accounts of Holocaust experiences offers new insights into one of the most terrible episodes in human history.
About the authors
STEVE HOCHSTADT is Professor of History at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. He teaches modern European history and the Holocaust. His book Mobility and Modernity: Migration in Germany 1820-1989 won the Social Science History Association's Allan Sharlin Award in 2000.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sources of the Holocaust
Editors: Steve Hochstadt
Series Title: Documents in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21440-8
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 319
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave