History Of The Holocaust: A Handbook And Dictionary / Edition 1

by Abraham Edelheit

Overview

This two-part volume combines an accessible overview of contemporary Jewish history with a unique dictionary of Holocaust terms. In addition to assessing the Holocaust specifically, Part 1 of the book discusses the history of European Jewry, anti-Semitism, the rise and fall of Nazism and fascism, World War II, and the postwar implications of the Holocaust. The authors also consider key historiographical and methodological issues related to the Holocaust.Part Two provides a complete dictionary of terms relating to the Holocaust culled from dozens of primary and secondary sources in a range of languages. Included here is a comprehensive set of tables on Aktionen, Aliya Bet, anti-Jewish legislation, anti-semitic organizations, collaboration, concentration camps, Fascism, the Third Reich, the Nazi Party, Jewish and non-sectarian organizations, publications, Judenr te, and resistance movements. Each table is prefaced by a descriptive overview of pertinent issues.Graphs, photographs, and documents supplement the text, and an extensive bibliography as well as separate person, place, and subject indexes make this unique work invaluable as a reference tool.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813322407
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	548
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

About the Author

Abraham Edelheit, Ann Edelheit

Table of Contents

Preface — History of the Holocaust — Antecedents — World War I and Its Aftermath — The Nazi Totalitarian State — The Shoa — The Geography of the Holocaust — Jewish Responses to Persecution — Jewish-Gentile Relations in Extremis — International Responses — Aftermath and Recovery — Dictionary of Holocaust Terms — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — W — Y — Z

Editorial Reviews

A two-part volume that combines an accessible overview of contemporary Jewish history with a dictionary of Holocaust terms. In addition to assessing the Holocaust specifically, Part 1 discusses the history of European Jewry, antisemitism, the rise and fall of Nazism and fascism, WWII, and the postwar implications of the Holocaust. Part 2 provides a dictionary of terms relating to the Holocaust culled from dozens of primary and secondary sources in a range of languages, and including a comprehensive set of tables, each prefaced by a descriptive overview of pertinent issues. Graphs, photographs, and documents supplement the text, and there is an extensive bibliography. Indexed by person, place, and subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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