About the Book
Weaves the diverse voices of the Holocaust together, presenting local, national, and global narratives.
The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews is a readable text for undergraduate students containing sufficient but manageable detail. The author provides a broad set of perspectives, while emphasizing the Holocaust as a catastrophe emerging from an international Jewish question.
This text conveys a sense of the Holocaust’s many moving parts. It is arranged chronologically and geographically to reflect how persecution, experience, and choices varied over different periods and places. Instructors may also take a thematic approach, as the chapters have distinct sections on such topics as German decisions, Jewish responses, bystander reactions, and other themes.
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Grasp the historical conditions that led to the Holocaust
Understand the Holocaust as a multi-faceted historical event
Identify the perspectives of various individuals and groups involved
Table of Contents:
Found in this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Maps
Preface
A Note on Place Names
Chapter 1: The Jewish Question to Modern Times
Chapter 2: A People Apart: World War I and Its Aftermath
Chapter 3: Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, and the Jews
Chapter 4: The Tide of Persecution, 1933-1939
Chapter 5: No Safe Haven: The World and the Jewish Question, 1933-1939
Chapter 6: The Assault on Poland’s Jews, 1939-1941
Chapter 7: Western Europe, the War, and the Jews, 1939-1942
Chapter 8: Other Enemies: Steps Toward Mass Murder
Chapter 9: War of Extermination: The Campaign in the USSR, 1941
Chapter 10: The Holocaust in the USSR: Jewish and World Response, 1941-1944
Chapter 11: Aktion Reinhard: The Final Solution in Poland, 1942-1943
Chapter 12: Auschwitz: The Final Solution in Europe, 1941-1943
Chapter 13: Rescue: The Final Solution Interrupted, 1942-1943
Chapter 14: Hitler’s Southeastern Allies and the Hungarian Jewish Catastrophe, 1941-1944
Chapter 15: The Reich’s Destruction and the Jews, 1944-1945
Chapter 16: Legacies, 1945-Present
Bibliography
Index
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Maps
Preface
A Note on Place Names
Chapter 1: The Jewish Question to Modern Times
1.1. Jews and Christians in the Ancient World
1.2. Ashkenazic Jewry in the Middle Ages
1.3. Emancipation and Acculturation in Western Europe
1.4. Jews in Poland and the Pale of Settlement
1.5. Modern Antisemitism
Chapter 2: A People Apart: World War I and Its Aftermath
2.1 The Embrace of Mass Violence
2.2 Germany’s Defeat and the Early Weimar Republic
2.3 Jews in Postwar Poland and Romania
2.4 The Zionist Solution
2.5 Other Destinations: The Americas and Europe
Chapter 3: Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, and the Jews
3.1 Adolf Hitler’s Early Years
3.2 Hitler and the Jewish Enemy
3.3 How Hitler Came To Power
3.4 The Nazi Police State
Chapter 4: The Tide of Persecution, 1933-1939
4.1 Propaganda: The Nazi Representation of Jews
4.2 Anti-Jewish Measures, 1933-1935
4.3 Readying for War
4.4 The Nazi Effect in Eastern Europe
4.5 Kristallnacht
Chapter 5: No Safe Haven: The World and the Jewish Question, 1933-1939
5.1 Jewish Responses to Persecution
5.2 Palestine, the Arab Revolt and the White Paper
5.3 The Jewish Question on the World Stage
5.4 Desperation: The Évian Conference And After
5.5 The Vatican and the Jewish Question
Chapter 6: The Assault on Poland’s Jews, 1939-1941
6.1 The Nazi Assault on Poland
6.2 Schemes for Jewish Colonization
6.3. Ghettoization in Poland
6.4. Jewish Councils
6.5. Jewish Self-Help, the JDC, and the Underground
Chapter 7: Western Europe, the War, and the Jews, 1939-1942
7.1. German Jews in Wartime
7.2. Germany and the Jews of the Netherlands, 1940-42
7.3. Vichy France, the Germans and the Jews, 1940-1942
7.4. Was Escape Still Possible? -- Aliyah Bet
7.5. Other Escape Routes: The Americas and Asia
Chapter 8: Other Enemies: Steps Toward Mass Murder
8.1. The Ad-Hoc Killing of Social Outsiders
8.2. Foray into Mass Murder: Killing the Disabled
8.3. Alien Elements: Africans and Gypsies
8.4 Hitler’s Southeastern Allies: Romania
8.5. Hitler’s Southeastern Allies: Croatia
Chapter 9: War of Extermination: The Campaign in the USSR, 1941
9.1. Preparing Mass Murder
9.2. Jews in the USSR on the Eve of Barbarossa
9.3. The Onslaught: Pogroms
9.4. The Onslaught: Systematic Shooting
9.5. Romania’s War on the Jews
Chapter 10: The Holocaust in the USSR: Jewish and World Response, 1941-1944
10.1. Jewish Reactions: Recognition and Survival
10.2. Varieties of Jewish Leadership
10.3. Jewish Resistance in the USSR
10.4. The Soviets, the Allies, and the Holocaust in the USSR
Chapter 11: Aktion Reinhard: The Final Solution in Poland, 1942-1943
11.1. The Decision to Kill Europe’s Jews
11.2. Aktion Reinhard and Poland’s Jews
11.3. Word Leaks: From the Ghettos to the Allies
11.4. Warsaw: From Deportation to Uprising
11.5. The End of Aktion Reinhard
Chapter 12: Auschwitz: The Final Solution in Europe, 1941-1943
12.1. Auschwitz
12.2. The Destruction of Reich’s Jews
12.3. The Destruction of the Jews of the Netherlands
12.4. Vichy, the French, and the Jews
12.5. The Allies and the Bermuda Conference
Chapter 13: Rescue: The Final Solution Interrupted, 1942-1943
13.1. The Nazis and the Jews of the Middle East
13.2. The Germans, the Japanese and the Shanghai Ghetto
13.3. Rescue in the North
13.4. Italy and the Final Solution
13.5. The Silence of the Vatican
Chapter 14: Hitler’s Southeastern Allies and the Hungarian Jewish Catastrophe, 1941-1944
14.1. Romania Reconsiders
14.2. The Survival of Bulgaria’s Jews
14.3. Hungary, the Jews, and the War
14.4. The German Occupation and the Holocaust in Hungary
14.5. Jewish Leaders and the Hungarian Catastophe
14.6. The Allies and the Hungarian Jews
Chapter 15: The Reich’s Destruction and the Jews, 1944-1945
15.1. Auschwitz: The Final Act
15.2. Budapest under the Arrow Cross
15.3. From Evacuations to Death Marches
15.4. Himmler’s Bargains and the Reich’s Destruction
Chapter 16: Legacies, 1945-Present
16.1. Refugees
16.2. Justice in Occupied Germany
16.3. Justice, Politics and Holocaust Narrative in Europe
16.4. Germany and the Nazi Past
16.5. Jewish Memorialization
Bibliography
Index
About the Author :
Norman J.W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of: Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path toward America (1998) and Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War (2007) as well as co-author of (with Richard Breitman), US Intelligence and the Nazis (2005) and Hitler's Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, US Intelligence, and the Cold War (2010).
Review :
“The clever synthesis of secondary material and the quotes from survivors and others give the students a personal feel for catastrophe. “
-Severin Hochberg, George Washington University
“The international, indeed global approach, is very sound, and sets this book apart from others. I would strongly consider using it…The breadth is distinctive and impressive.”
-David Tompkins, Carleton College
“This book could adequately serve two purposes: as a fine introductory-level work to assign to students, and as a resource for faculty.”
-William Drumright, Monroe Community College
“Well organized. What a relief. Thank you. I would order this text in a minute.”
-Jan-Ruth Mills, Pima Community College
“I would highly recommend the book for those who teach a Holocaust course that comes out of Judaic/Jewish studies program. This would be a good solid text that would serve undergraduates quite well.”
-Randall Kaufman, Miami Dade College – Homestead Campus
