Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes.
Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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G 2017/156
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Why another book on the Holocaust? -- Targets : Why the Jews? Antimsemitism ; Emancipation and backlash -- Attackers : Why the Germans? Nation and Volk ; Hitler's opportunity -- Escalation : Why murder? From Aryanization to atrocity ; Gentile and Jewish responses -- Annihilation : Why this swift and...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Scope and Contents
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.
"Despite the outpouring of books, movies, museums, memorials, and courses devoted to the Holocaust, a coherent explanation of why such ghastly carnage erupted from the heart of civilized Europe in the twentieth century still seems elusive even seventy years later. Numerous theories have sprouted in an attempt to console ourselves and to point the b...
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Full title
Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-390) and index.
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G 2017/156
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74VKVOylZeNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVOylZeNZ
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ISBN
0393254364 hardcover
9780393254365 hardcover
DDC
940.531811
MMS ID
991024061708502626
