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THE HOLOCAUST
The Holocaust: Origins, Implementation, Aftermath
presents a critical and
important study of the Holocaust. Complete with an introduction that summarises
the state of the field, this book contains major reinterpretations by leading
Holocaust authors along with key texts on testimony, memory, and justice after
the catastrophe.
Many of the pieces challenge conventional interpretations and preconceived
notions about the Holocaust, whether they have to do with the centrality of anti-
Semitism, the importance of economic calculations, or the timing of the decision
on the ‘Final Solution’. Starting with the background of the Holocaust by focusing
on anti-Semitism and scientific racism as being at the root of the ‘Final Solution’,
the book goes on to examine the context of the decision to unleash the genocide
of the Jews. Three powerful texts then provide readers with a close look at the
psychology of a perpetrator, the attitude of the bystanders, and the fate of the
victims. Finally, there is an analysis of survivors’ oral testimonies, a deeply
revealing discussion on the limits of transmitting the experience of the camps to
posterity, and a powerful plea for the prosecution of crimes against humanity.
Omer Bartov
is Professor of European History at Rutgers University and has
written on the Holocaust, Nazi Germany and modern France. His books include
Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide and Modern Identity
(2000);
Murder in
Our Midst: The Holocaust, Industrial Killing, and Representation
(1996); and
Hitler’s Army: Soldiers, Nazis and War in the Third Reich
(1991).
Series editor
Jack R. Censer
is Professor of History at George Mason University
REWRITING HISTORIES
Series editor: Jack R. Censer
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THE HOLOCAUST
Origins, Implementation, Aftermath
Edited by
Omer Bartov
London and New York
First published 2000
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001.
© 2000 Selection and editorial material Omer Bartov; individual chapters to their authors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,
including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Holocaust: origins, implementation, aftermath / [edited by] Omer Bartov.
p. cm. — (Rewriting histories)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Causes. I. Bartov,
Omer II. Re-writing histories.
D804.3.H6478 2000
940.53´18—dc21 99-044232
ISBN 0-415-15035-3 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-15036-1 (pbk)
ISBN 0-203-01197-X Master e-book ISBN
ISBN
0-203-17327-9
(Glassbook
Format)

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