War & genocide: a concise history of the Holocaust
TitleWar & genocide: a concise history of the Holocaust; The Holocaust: a concise history
Author
Call number940.5318/0254
Object number05948
Place of publicationLanham, Maryland, United States
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
Year of publication
2002
Physical description261p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleCritical issues in history
ISBN0847696316
Description
Places the mass murder of European Jews and other peoples within the overall context of World War II. Describes the political and cultural preconditions of the genocide, the coming to power of the Nazi regime and the beginnings of the systematisation, sterilisation and murder of dehumanised people. The expansion of the number of victims is placed in the context of the conquest of new territories and the eventual fall of the regime. She also describes resistance to the Nazi regime by Jews, Serbs and others