Lessons of the Holocaust (UTP Insights) - Softcover

Michael R. Marrus; Margaret MacMillan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144263006X ISBN 13: 9781442630062

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2015

Synopsis

Although difficult to imagine, sixty years ago the Holocaust had practically no visibility in examinations of the Second World War. Yet today it is understood to be not only one of the defining moments of the twentieth century but also a touchstone in a quest for directions on how to avoid such catastrophes.

In Lessons of the Holocaust, the distinguished historian Michael R. Marrus challenges the notion that there are definitive lessons to be deduced from the destruction of European Jewry. Instead, drawing on decades of studying, writing about, and teaching the Holocaust, he shows how its 'lessons' are constantly challenged, debated, altered, and reinterpreted.

A succinct, stimulating analysis by a world-renowned historian, Lessons of the Holocaust is the perfect guide for the general reader to the historical and moral controversies which infuse the interpretation of the Holocaust and its significance.

About this title

About the Author

Michael R. Marrus is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies and the former dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto. Margaret MacMillan is the Warden of St Antony's College and a professor of International History at the University of Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144263006X
• ISBN 13: 9781442630062
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216