Overview
As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, future generations will no longer come face-to-face with Holocaust survivors. But the lessons of that terrible period in history are too important to let slip past. How Was It Possible?, edited and introduced by Peter Hayes, provides teachers and students with a comprehensive resource about the Nazi persecution of Jews. Deliberately resisting the reflexive urge to dismiss the topic as too horrible to be understood intellectually or emotionally, the anthology sets out to provide answers to questions that may otherwise defy comprehension. This anthology is organized around key issues of the Holocaust, from the historical context for antisemitism to the impediments to escaping Nazi Germany, and from the logistics of the death camps and the carrying out of genocide to the subsequent struggles of the displaced survivors in the aftermath. Prepared in cooperation with the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, this anthology includes contributions from such luminaries as Jean Ancel, Saul Friedlander, Tony Judt, Alan Kraut, Primo Levi, Robert Proctor, Richard Rhodes, Timothy Snyder, and Susan Zuccotti. Taken together, the selections make the ineffable fathomable and demystify the barbarism underlying the tragedy, inviting readers to learn precisely how the Holocaust was, in fact, possible.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Hayes ,
Peter Hayes
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 4.90cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.778kg
ISBN: 9780803274693
ISBN 10: 0803274696
Pages: 920
Publication Date: 01 April 2015
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This brilliant compilation includes must-read primary sources, classic works of scholarship, and cutting-edge interpretations, assembled and introduced by a master historian and path-breaking Holocaust educator. An invaluable resource for students and teachers alike. Doris L. Bergen, author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust --Doris L. Bergen (11/06/2014)
[ How Was It Possible? ] should prove valuable not only to academic specialists, but to college students, their teachers, as well as for the general reader. Jonathan Fass, Jewish Book World --Jonathan Fass Jewish Book World
Author Information
Peter Hayes is a professor of history and Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Professor of Holocaust Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich and Industry and Ideology: IG Farben in the Nazi Era. Harvey Schulweis is chairman of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
