Hitler and the Holocaust (Modern Library Chronicles) - Softcover

Wistrich, Robert S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812968638 ISBN 13: 9780812968637

Publisher: Modern Library, 2003

Synopsis

Hitler and the Holocaust is the product of a lifetime's work by one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of anti-Semitism and modern Jewry. Robert S. Wistrich examines Europe's long history of violence against its Jewish populations, looks at the forces that shaped Hitler's belief in a "satanic Jewish power" that must be eradicated, and discusses the process by which Hitler gained power and finalized his plans for mass genocide. He concludes by addressing the abiding legacy of the Holocaust and the lessons that can be drawn from it. Combining a comprehensive picture of one of the most cataclysmic periods in recent history with contemporary scholarly developments and fresh historical inquiry, Hitler and the Holocaust is an indelible contribution to the literature of history.

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Review:

"Many historians have written about the Holocaust, but few have produced as fine a volume as Wistrich's." --The Washington Post Book World

"Robert Wistrich's Hitler and the Holocaust is a concise yet distinctly authoritative history of the Holocaust. . . . Anyone who wants to read one book on the state of our understanding of Hitler and the Holocaust as we enter the new century would be well advised to begin with Wistrich. Never polemical and always meticulous, restrained in his prose and fair in his analysis, once again he displays a mastery of his subject and full command of even the most recent of scholarship." --Michael Berenbaum, author of The World Must Know, former director of the Research Institute of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and former president of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

Book Description:

A superb short historical analysis of the Holocaust, by one of the world¿s leading authorities on the subject.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812968638
• ISBN 13: 9780812968637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320