The extermination of the European Jews:

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 was tha...

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Main Author: Gerlach, Christian 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Series:New approaches to European history 50
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139034180
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139034180
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139034180
Summary: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 was that connected the fate of these groups and the policies against them. He explores the diverse ideological, political and economic motivations which lay behind the murder of the Jews and charts the changing dynamics of persecution during the course of the war. The book brings together both German actions and those of non-German states and societies, shedding new light on the different groups and vested interests involved and their role in the persecution of non-Jews as well. Ranging across continental Europe, it reveals that popular notions of race were often more important in shaping persecution than scientific racism or Nazi dogma
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 508 pages)
ISBN:9781139034180
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139034180

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