Holocaust research and generational change: regional and local studies since the Cold War

The main thesis of this paper is that some of the major developments in the historiography of the Holocaust since the 1990s have been driven primarily by the availability of new sources. Among the key developments have been the trend toward regional studies and a greater sensitivity to the specific local context in which the events took place, including the role of local collaborators and bystanders as well as the re-examination of the economic and political rationale behind Nazi genocidal policies.