Why? (eBook)

Explaining the Holocaust

Peter Hayes (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
432 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-25437-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Featured in the PBS documentary, "e;The US and the Holocaust"e; by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein"e;Superbly written and researched, synthesizing the classics while digging deep into a vast repository of primary sources."e; Josef Joffe, Wall Street JournalWhy? explores one of the most tragic events in human history by addressing eight of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust: Why the Jews? Why the Germans? Why murder? Why this swift and sweeping? Why didnt more Jews fight back more often? Why did survival rates diverge? Why such limited help from outside? What legacies, what lessons?An internationally acclaimed scholar, Peter Hayes brings a wealth of research and experience to bear on conventional views of the Holocaust, dispelling many misconceptions and challenging some of the most prominent recent interpretations.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.1.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 5 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Schlagworte: Antisemitism • Genocide • history of antisemitism • Holocaust • Jewish History • World War II • World War Two
• ISBN-10: 0-393-25437-2 / 0393254372
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-25437-2 / 9780393254372