Graphically describes what actually happened in both the historic reality and the psychological reactions of the victims. This collection of 23 of Friedman's major essays is in 3 parts: 1939-1945 segregation and brutal discrimination; 1941-1945 extermination; and methodological problems, the last his distinctive contribution to Holocaust history. The appendix provides an outline of a program for Holocaust research designed by Friedman in 1945 but is still useful today. Chapter 8 is titled 'Ukrainian-Jewish relatins during the Nazi occupation'