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In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide—purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space—and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations and Photo Credits
List of Maps
Introduction Holocaust, War, and Genocide Themes and Problems
1 Dry Timber Preconditions
2 Leadership and Will Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi Ideology
3 From Revolution to Routine Nazi Germany, 1933-1938
4 Open Aggression In Search of War, 1938-1939
5 Brutal Innovations War against Poland and Ghettoization of Jews, 1939-1940
6 Escalation and Expansion The Program to Kill People with Disabilities and the War in the West, 1939-1940
7 The War of Annihilation, 1941-1943
8 Flashover: The Peak Years of Killing Jews, 1942-1943
9 Death Throes and Killing Frenzies, 1944-1945
Conclusion: Legacies of Atrocity
Index
About the Author
