The extermination of the European Jews / Christian Gerlach, University of Bern
"This major reinterpretation of the Holocaust surveys the destruction of the European Jews within the broader context of Nazi violence against other victim groups. Christian Gerlach offers a unique social history of mass violence which reveals why particular groups were persecuted and what it w...
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| Main Authors: | Gerlach, Christian (VerfasserIn) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2015] Cambridge, [2015] |
| Series: | New approaches to European history
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsbeschreibung & Leseprobe Inhaltsverzeichnis Cover |
| Table of Contents |
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| Part I. Persecution by Germans |
| 2. Before 1933 |
| 3. From enforced emigration to territorial schemes: 1933-41 |
| 4. From mass murder to comprehensive annihilation: 1941-2 |
| 5. Extending mass destruction: 1942-5 |
| 6. Structures and agents of violence |
| Part II. Logics of persecution |
| 7. Racism and anti-Jewish thought |
| 8. Forced labor, German violence and Jews |
| 9. Hunger policies and mass murder |
| 10. The economics of separation, expropriation, crowding and removal |
| 11. Fighting resistance and the persecution of Jews |
| Part III. The European dimension |
| 12. Legislation against Jews in Europe: a comparison |
| 13. Divided societies: popular input to the persecution of Jews |
| 14. Beyond legislation: non-German policies of violence |
| 15. In the labyrinths of persecution: survival attempts |
| 16. Conclusion: group destruction in extremely violent societies.. |
