The Holocaust: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of this seismic event in mid twentieth-century human history. The book takes an original approach as both a narrative and thematic introduction to the topic, and provides a core foundation for readers embarking upon their own study. It examines a range of perspectives and subjects surrounding the Holocaust, including: the perpetrators of the Holocaustthe victimsresistance to the Holocaustliberationlegacies and survivors' memories of the Holocaust. Suppported by a chronology, glossary, questions for discussion, and boxed case…mehr
The Holocaust: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of this seismic event in mid twentieth-century human history.
The book takes an original approach as both a narrative and thematic introduction to the topic, and provides a core foundation for readers embarking upon their own study. It examines a range of perspectives and subjects surrounding the Holocaust, including: the perpetrators of the Holocaustthe victimsresistance to the Holocaustliberationlegacies and survivors' memories of the Holocaust. Suppported by a chronology, glossary, questions for discussion, and boxed case studies that focus the reader's thoughts and develop their appreciation of the subjects considered more broadly, The Holocaust: The Basics is the ideal introduction to this controversial and widely debated topic for both students and the more general reader.
Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA. He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including the Routledge titles Genocide: The Basics (2015); Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide (2011); and The Genocide Studies Reader (2009).
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1. Introduction: Defining the Holocaust 2. Outlines, Origins, and Consequences 3. Perpetrators of the Holocaust 4. Jews and Other Victims 5. Rescue from the Third Reich and the Holocaust 6. Resistance during the Holocaust 7. Ending the Holocaust 8. Survivors Reflect on the Holocaust 9. Conclusion: Holocaust Memory and the Future
List of Entries List of Primary Source Documents Preface Perspective Essays Overview Causes Perpetrators Victims Bystanders International Reaction Consequences A-Z Entries Aktion Reinhard Aktion T-4 Anielewicz, Mordecai Antisemitism April Boycott Arbeit Macht Frei Aryanization Auschwitz-Birkenau Babi Yar Massacre Barbie, Klaus Belzec Bergen-Belsen Bermuda Conference Bielski, Tuvia Blood for Goods Book Burning Bormann, Martin Buchenwald Central Office for Jewish Emigration Chelmno Concentration Camps Czerniaków, Adam Dachau Death Camps Death Marches Denazification Desk Killers De Sousa Mendes, Aristides Displaced Persons Eichmann, Adolf Einsatzgruppen Evian Conference Fabrikaktion Final Solution Frank, Anne Frank, Hans Fry, Varian Functionalists Gas Vans Generalgouvernement Genocide Gerstein, Kurt Globocnik, Odilo Goebbels, Joseph Göring, Hermann Grese, Irma Haavara Agreement Heydrich, Reinhard Himmler, Heinrich Hitler, Adolf Hitler Youth Hoess, Rudolf Holocaust I. G. Farben Intentionalists Jewish Combat Organization Jewish Resistance Judenrat Kaltenbrunner, Ernst Kaplan, Chaim Kapos Karski, Jan Kasztner, Reszo Kindertransport Korczak, Janusz Kramer, Josef Kristallnacht Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor League of German Girls Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Levi, Primo Liberation "Life Unworthy of Life" Majdanek Medical Experimentation Mengele, Josef Mischling Mussolini, Benito National Socialism Nuremberg Laws Nuremberg Trials Ouvre de Secours aux Enfants Ohlendorf, Otto Olympic Games, 1936 Oneg Shabbat Operation BARBAROSSA "Ordinary Men" Pechersky, Alexander Pius XII Pohl, Oswald Ponary Forest Propaganda Racial Hygiene Ravensbrück Reich Citizenship Law Righteous among the Nations Ringelblum, Emanuel Robota, Roza Rosenberg, Alfred Rosenstrasse Protest Schindler, Oskar Schutzstaffel Second Generation Sobibór Sonderkommando S.S. St. Louis Stangl, Franz Streicher, Julius Stroop, Jürgen Sugihara, Chiune Theresienstadt Third Reich Treblinka Volksgerichtshof Vrba, Rudolf Wallenberg, Raoul Wannsee Conference Warsaw Ghetto Warsaw Ghetto Uprising White Buses Wiedergutmachung Wiesel, Elie Winton, Nicholas Yad Vashem Zuckerman, Yitzhak Zygielbojm, Shmuel Zyklon-B Primary Source Documents 1. Decree for the Protection of the People and the State, February 28, 1933 2. The Nuremberg Laws, September 15, 1935 3. Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, September 15, 1935 4. The Evian Conference: Resolution, July 14, 1938 5. Adolf Hitler Warns the Jews of Europe, January 30, 1939 6. Hermann Göring: Order to Reinhard Heydrich, July 31, 1941 7. Hans Frank: Address, Kraków, December 16, 1941 8.Joachim von Ribbentrop: Instructions on Speeding up the Evacuation of the Jews, September 24, 1942 9. Joint Allied Declaration on the Extermination of the Jews, December 17, 1942 10. Heinrich Himmler: "The Difficult Decision," October 4 and 6, 1943 11. Josiah E. DuBois and others: "Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of this Government in the Murder of the Jews," January 13, 1944 12. Edmund Veesenmayer: Telegram on Transporting Jews from Ghettos to Auschwitz, April 23, 1944 13. Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, November 21, 1945 14. International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg: Sentences, October 1, 1946 Chronology Selected Bibliography Index
1. Introduction: Defining the Holocaust 2. Outlines, Origins, and Consequences 3. Perpetrators of the Holocaust 4. Jews and Other Victims 5. Rescue from the Third Reich and the Holocaust 6. Resistance during the Holocaust 7. Ending the Holocaust 8. Survivors Reflect on the Holocaust 9. Conclusion: Holocaust Memory and the Future
List of Entries List of Primary Source Documents Preface Perspective Essays Overview Causes Perpetrators Victims Bystanders International Reaction Consequences A-Z Entries Aktion Reinhard Aktion T-4 Anielewicz, Mordecai Antisemitism April Boycott Arbeit Macht Frei Aryanization Auschwitz-Birkenau Babi Yar Massacre Barbie, Klaus Belzec Bergen-Belsen Bermuda Conference Bielski, Tuvia Blood for Goods Book Burning Bormann, Martin Buchenwald Central Office for Jewish Emigration Chelmno Concentration Camps Czerniaków, Adam Dachau Death Camps Death Marches Denazification Desk Killers De Sousa Mendes, Aristides Displaced Persons Eichmann, Adolf Einsatzgruppen Evian Conference Fabrikaktion Final Solution Frank, Anne Frank, Hans Fry, Varian Functionalists Gas Vans Generalgouvernement Genocide Gerstein, Kurt Globocnik, Odilo Goebbels, Joseph Göring, Hermann Grese, Irma Haavara Agreement Heydrich, Reinhard Himmler, Heinrich Hitler, Adolf Hitler Youth Hoess, Rudolf Holocaust I. G. Farben Intentionalists Jewish Combat Organization Jewish Resistance Judenrat Kaltenbrunner, Ernst Kaplan, Chaim Kapos Karski, Jan Kasztner, Reszo Kindertransport Korczak, Janusz Kramer, Josef Kristallnacht Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor League of German Girls Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Levi, Primo Liberation "Life Unworthy of Life" Majdanek Medical Experimentation Mengele, Josef Mischling Mussolini, Benito National Socialism Nuremberg Laws Nuremberg Trials Ouvre de Secours aux Enfants Ohlendorf, Otto Olympic Games, 1936 Oneg Shabbat Operation BARBAROSSA "Ordinary Men" Pechersky, Alexander Pius XII Pohl, Oswald Ponary Forest Propaganda Racial Hygiene Ravensbrück Reich Citizenship Law Righteous among the Nations Ringelblum, Emanuel Robota, Roza Rosenberg, Alfred Rosenstrasse Protest Schindler, Oskar Schutzstaffel Second Generation Sobibór Sonderkommando S.S. St. Louis Stangl, Franz Streicher, Julius Stroop, Jürgen Sugihara, Chiune Theresienstadt Third Reich Treblinka Volksgerichtshof Vrba, Rudolf Wallenberg, Raoul Wannsee Conference Warsaw Ghetto Warsaw Ghetto Uprising White Buses Wiedergutmachung Wiesel, Elie Winton, Nicholas Yad Vashem Zuckerman, Yitzhak Zygielbojm, Shmuel Zyklon-B Primary Source Documents 1. Decree for the Protection of the People and the State, February 28, 1933 2. The Nuremberg Laws, September 15, 1935 3. Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, September 15, 1935 4. The Evian Conference: Resolution, July 14, 1938 5. Adolf Hitler Warns the Jews of Europe, January 30, 1939 6. Hermann Göring: Order to Reinhard Heydrich, July 31, 1941 7. Hans Frank: Address, Kraków, December 16, 1941 8.Joachim von Ribbentrop: Instructions on Speeding up the Evacuation of the Jews, September 24, 1942 9. Joint Allied Declaration on the Extermination of the Jews, December 17, 1942 10. Heinrich Himmler: "The Difficult Decision," October 4 and 6, 1943 11. Josiah E. DuBois and others: "Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of this Government in the Murder of the Jews," January 13, 1944 12. Edmund Veesenmayer: Telegram on Transporting Jews from Ghettos to Auschwitz, April 23, 1944 13. Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, November 21, 1945 14. International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg: Sentences, October 1, 1946 Chronology Selected Bibliography Index
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