The Holocaust: A Concise History (Critical Issues in World and International History) - Hardcover

Bergen, Doris L.

 
9780742557147: The Holocaust: A Concise History (Critical Issues in World and International History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0742557146 ISBN 13: 9780742557147
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009

Synopsis

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this history traces not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. With clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide―purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space―and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including illustrations and firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, the book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

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About the Author

Doris L. Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. She has been researching and teaching about the Holocaust for thirty-five years.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0742557146
ISBN 13 
9780742557147
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
296