The War Against the Jews, 1933–1945A history of how anti-Semitism evolved into the Holocaust in Germany: “If any book can tell what Hitlerism was like, this is it” (Alfred Kazin). Lucy Dawidowicz’s groundbreaking The War Against the Jews inspired waves of both acclaim and controversy upon its release in 1975. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was, to the Nazis, as central a war goal as conquering Europe, and was made possible by a combination of political, social, and technological factors. She explores the full history of Hitler’s “Final Solution,” from the rise of anti-Semitism to the creation of Jewish ghettos to the brutal tactics of mass murder employed by the Nazis. Written with devastating detail, The War Against the Jews is the definitive and comprehensive book on one of history’s darkest chapters. |
Contents
AntiSemitism in Modern Germany | |
AntiJewish Legislation 19331935 | |
Instrument of the Final Solution | |
The Jews in Germany 19331938 | |
Death and Life in the East European Ghettos | |
From Kehilla to Judenrat | |
The Alternative Community | |
The Political Underground | |
Who Shall Live Who Shall | |
For Your Freedom and Ours | |
Jewish Behavior in Crisis and Extremity | |
Foreign Policy Race and | |
From Internal War to World | |
Kingdom of Death | |
A Retrospective View | |
THE HOLOCAUST | |
The Fate of the Jews in Hitlers Europe By CountryFrance | |
The Final Solution in Figures | |
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