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PublisherPublic Affairs
ISBN-101541730070
ISBN-139781541730076
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038384962
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Book TitleHolocaust : a New History
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicHolocaust, Military / World War II, Jewish
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorLaurence Rees
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Rees has compiled a readable, moving, and comprehensive overview of this scholarship, enlivened by vivid firstperson reminiscences... Readers looking for a singlevolume history of the Holocaust will have trouble finding one better than this."-- ForeignAffairs
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.5318
Synopsis"This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development." Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, he combines their never-before-seen eyewitness testimony with the latest academic research to create a uniquely accessible and authoritative account of the Holocaust. In The Holocaust , Rees offers an examination of the decision-making process of the Nazi state, and in the process reveals the series of escalations that cumulatively created the horror. He argues that while hatred of the Jews was always at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, what happened cannot be fully understood without considering the murder of the Jews alongside plans to kill large numbers of non-Jews, including the disabled, Sinti, and Roma, plus millions of Soviet civilians. Through a chronological, intensely readable narrative, featuring enthralling eyewitness testimony and the latest academic research, this is a compelling new account of the worst crime in history., In June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war--the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply did not deserve to live--not because of what they had done, but because of who they were. Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well. He also reveals that there was no single overarching blueprint for the Holocaust. Instead, a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, Rees reminds us, and the effects are enduring. The Holocaust: A New History is an accessible yet authoritative account of this terrible crime. A chronological, intensely readable narrative, this is a compelling exposition of humanity's darkest moment., Based on twenty-five years of meeting survivors and perpetrators, The Holocaust is a sweeping new history that combines first-person testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was made possible. Laurence Rees argues that a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was ultimately most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, he reminds us, and the effects are enduring. An intensely readable narrative, this is a compelling account of humanity's darkest moment. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberD804.3.R4 2018
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- 05. Jan. 2021
I recommend The Holocaust to anyone needing a complete picture of what happened in Germany during WW 2.
Very detailed with information that is little known.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
