The Holocaust: (Greenwood Press Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century)

Designed for secondary school and college student research, this work is a readable history and ready-reference guide to the Holocaust based on the most recent scholarship. It provides the reader with an overview of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate world Jewry. Fischel, a leading authority on the Holocaust, combines narrative description, analytical essays, a timeline of events, lengthy biographical profiles, and the text of key primary documents relating to the Nazi plan for the Final Solution to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of the causative factors and major events and personalities that shaped the Nazi genocide. A glossary of key terms, selected tables, and an annotated bibliography of recommended further reading will aid student research. Topical essays designed for the student and general reader provide an accessible historical overview and analysis of Hitler and the Jews, the racial state, genocide, the Final Solution, and resistance to the Nazis. Fischel explains the factors that led to the Holocaust, the implementation of the decision to exterminate the Jews, the response of the free world and the Papacy, the role of righteous gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews, and the resistance of the Jews to their fate under the Nazis. Biographical sketches provide valuable information on the key personalities among both the Nazis and Allies, and the text of key primary documents brings the Nazis blatant plan for genocide to stark reality. In providing valuable information, analysis, and ready-reference features, this work is a one-stop resource on the Holocaust for students, teachers, library media specialists, and interested readers.

Table of Contents:
Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events The Holocaust Explained Introduction Hitler and the Jews The Nazi Racial State Genocide The Final Solution Resistance Conclusion Biographies of the Holocaust Primary Documents of the Holocaust Glossary of Selected Terms Annotated Bibliography Appendixes Index

About the Author :
JACK R. FISCHEL is Chair of the history department at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. He is co-editor of Jewish American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (1992), which received the Association of Jewish Libraries award as the outstanding Judaica reference book. Co-editor of Holocaust Studies Annual and currently working on A Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust, he has also contributed articles and reviews on the Holocaust to many publications.

Review :
.,."the material presented is written lucidly, synthesizes the most recent scholarship, and reflects ripened understanding of the Holocaust....this book will prove informative and worthwhile."-Choice .,."useful for its historical importance and universal message....The several varieties of totalitarianism that dominated portions of the globe have left a wreckage of humanity in their wake. The work by Fischel helps explain why."-Holocaust and Genocide Studies ?...the material presented is written lucidly, synthesizes the most recent scholarship, and reflects ripened understanding of the Holocaust....this book will prove informative and worthwhile.?-Choice ?...useful for its historical importance and universal message....The several varieties of totalitarianism that dominated portions of the globe have left a wreckage of humanity in their wake. The work by Fischel helps explain why.?-Holocaust and Genocide Studies ?[I]t is well written and can be used by students in circulating collections as a general overview of the Holocaust.?-ARBA ?Fischel's book serves a useful purpose in trying to familiarize young people with the horrors of the Holocaust.?-The Jewish Post and Opinion ?Fischel's overview is not only among the first books of this kind, it also is one that meets the essential tests of accuracy, clarity and usefulness....The result is a book that performs a valuable service and that does its job of work very well indeed.?-Jewish Exponent "ÝI¨t is well written and can be used by students in circulating collections as a general overview of the Holocaust."-ARBA ..."the material presented is written lucidly, synthesizes the most recent scholarship, and reflects ripened understanding of the Holocaust....this book will prove informative and worthwhile."-Choice ..."useful for its historical importance and universal message....The several varieties of totalitarianism that dominated portions of the globe have left a wreckage of humanity in their wake. The work by Fischel helps explain why."-Holocaust and Genocide Studies "[I]t is well written and can be used by students in circulating collections as a general overview of the Holocaust."-ARBA "Fischel's book serves a useful purpose in trying to familiarize young people with the horrors of the Holocaust."-The Jewish Post and Opinion "Fischel's overview is not only among the first books of this kind, it also is one that meets the essential tests of accuracy, clarity and usefulness....The result is a book that performs a valuable service and that does its job of work very well indeed."-Jewish Exponent