The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945Oxford University Press, 1990 - 808 стор. When The Holocaust first appeared in Israel in 1987, it was hailed as the finest, most authoritative history of Hitler's war on the Jews ever published. Representing twenty years of research and reflection, Leni Yahil's book won the Shazar Prize, one of Israel's highest awards for historical work. Now available in English, The Holocaust offers a sweeping look at the Final Solution, covering not only Nazi policies, but also how Jews and foreign governments perceived and responded to the unfolding nightmare. The Holocaust is astonishingly comprehensive. Yahil weaves a gripping chronological narrative that stretches from the Norwegian fjords to the Greek islands, from Amsterdam to Tehran--and even Shanghai. Her writing is balanced, objective, and compelling, as she systematically explores the evolution of the Holocaust in German-occupied Europe, probing its politics, planning, goals, and key figures. Yahil uses her command of the many relevant languages to marshal an impressive array of documentary and statistical evidence, driving her narrative forward with telling details and personal accounts--such as a survivor's description of her perseverance during a death march, or the story of the Struma, a boat that sank with over 700 Jewish refugees when the British refused to receive it in Palestine. Along the way, she destroys persistent myths about the Holocaust: that Hitler had no plan for exterminating the Jews, that the Jews themselves went peacefully to the slaughter. Though Yahil finds that Nazi policies were often inconsistent, particularly during the years before the war, she conclusively demonstrates that Hitler was always working toward a final reckoning with world Jewry, envisioning his war as a war against the Jews. The book also recounts numerous uprisings and acts of resistance in ghettos and concentration camps, as well as the activities of Jewish partisan units. Yahil describes the work of Jews in America, Palestine, and world organizations on behalf of Hitler's victims--often in the face of resistance by the Allied governments and neutral states--and explores the factors that affected the success of rescue efforts. The Holocaust is a monumental work of history, unsurpassed in scope and insightful detail. Objective yet compassionate, Leni Yahil brings together the countless diverse strands of this epic event in a single gripping account. |
Зміст
Jews in Germany During the Early Days of Nazi Rule | 3 |
PART I | 13 |
Hitler Implements TwentiethCentury AntiSemitism | 34 |
Through the End of 1935 | 53 |
The AntiJewish Boycott and LegislationSignificance | 60 |
The Nuremberg Laws | 67 |
The German Jews Struggle for Existence Through | 73 |
The Dilemma of the Jews | 88 |
From Subjugation to Extermination | 320 |
The Struggle for Survival Versus Extermination | 332 |
European Jewry Prior to Deportation to the East | 336 |
Belgium | 343 |
Yugoslavia | 349 |
The Death Factories in Action 1942 | 356 |
The Destruction of the Jews | 404 |
The Armed Struggle of the Jews in NaziOccupied | 457 |
THE FIRST PHASE | 123 |
Himmlers SS State | 130 |
The First Deportations | 136 |
Moving from Theory to Practice | 143 |
Coercion of the Polish Jews | 152 |
The Method of Natural Death | 159 |
The Jewish Policy in the Occupied Countries of Northern | 171 |
Southeastern Europe | 178 |
The Jews Struggle for Survival | 186 |
The Jews of Piotrków Trybunalski | 193 |
Facing a Triumphant Germany | 225 |
PART III | 241 |
The First StageEinsatzgruppen | 253 |
The Second Stage | 288 |
Overall Planning | 306 |
The Ghetto War | 466 |
The Warsaw Ghetto Revolt | 479 |
The Last Phase of the Final Solution | 499 |
The Destruction of Jewry | 505 |
The Final Liquidation of the Ghettos in Eastern Europe | 520 |
The Death Marches and Evacuation of the Camps | 526 |
A Personal Testimony | 539 |
Attempts at Rescue | 573 |
Rescue on the Brink | 631 |
EleventhHour Rescue | 648 |
Appendix | 661 |
Abbreviations | 749 |
785 | |
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