Overview
Purifying the Nation is a provocative exploration of the Holocaust in World War II Romania. Vladimir Solonari argues that the persecution of Jews and Roma by the Romanian government was not a response to pressure from the country’s ally, Nazi Germany, but rather stemmed from the vision of an ethnically pure Romania. Through a rigorous, archive-based analysis of the country’s interwar political and intellectual climate and policies and practices during its alliance with the Nazis, Solonari sheds valuable new light on the genocidal activities of one of Hitler’s European satellites.
Full Product Details
Author: Vladimir Solonari (University of Central Florida) ,
Suzanne Napper (Director, Woodrow Wilson Center Press) ,
Joseph J. Brinley
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.794kg
ISBN: 9780801894084
ISBN 10: 0801894085
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 29 December 2009
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is a major study that will influence how all of us think about the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. - Norman Naimarck, Stanford University Solonari's monograph is a book that any scholar would be proud to have written, and I expect it to have a serious impact both in Holocaust studies and in the history of modern East Central Europe. - John-Paul Himka, University of Alberta Purifying the Nation is an exceptionally significant contribution to one of the least explored and most tragic chapters of the 20th century. - Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland This book is genuinely monumental... the most historically sensitive and conceptually savvy account of the Holocaust in Romania yet to be produced. - Charles King, Georgetown University
An important contribution to the literature of the Holocaust in Romania... Highly Recommended. Choice Situates Romania's Holocaust within the larger framework of Ion Antonescu's vision of an ethnically homogenous Greater Romania. -- Daniel M. Pennell Austrian History Yearbook Purifying the Nation makes a major contribution to the literature on ethnic cleansing during World War II. -- Irina Livezeanu Slavic Review A very major addition to the scholarship on the subject. -- Daniel Chirot Journal of Modern History This well-researched and scrupulous account is not only a significant contribution to Holocaust history, but also to the broader understanding of extremist nationalism and of the Antonescu regime. -- Stanley G. Payne International History Review A valuable contribution to research on nationalism, violence, and statehood in interwar and wartime Southeastern Europe. Solonari's work is exciting to read and his thesis is vigorously argued. The material is well organized into chapters, with a good narrative and excellent illustrations... Purifying the Nation is an energetic and keenly-expounded report on research. -- Alex Drace-Francis European History Quarterly
An important contribution to the literature of the Holocaust in Romania... Highly Recommended. Choice 2011 Situates Romania's Holocaust within the larger framework of Ion Antonescu's vision of an ethnically homogenous Greater Romania. -- Daniel M. Pennell, University of Pittsburgh Austrian History Yearbook 2011
Author Information
Vladimir Solonari is an associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida. He was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2001.
