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Author:

Hayes, Peter, 1946 September 7- author.

Title:

Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Companyindependent publishers since 1923,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvi, 412 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm

Subject:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
Jews--Germany--History--20th century.
Jews--History--Europe--History--20th century.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Germany--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Why another book on the Holocaust? -- Targets: why the Jews? -- Attackers: why the Germans? -- Escalation: why murder? -- Annihilation: why this swift and sweeping? -- Victims: why didn't more Jews fight back more often? -- Homelands: why did survival rates diverge? -- Onlookers: why such limited help from outside? -- Aftermath: what legacies, what lessons?

Summary:

An exploration of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust challenges misconceptions and discusses how no single theory fully explains the tragedy, drawing on a wealth of scholarly research and experience to offer new insights.

ISBN:

0393254364 (hardcover)
9780393254365 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016031588

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