War & genocide: a concise history of the Holocaust
TítuloWar & genocide: a concise history of the Holocaust; The Holocaust: a concise history
Autor
Call number940.5318/0254
Número del objeto05948
Lugar de publicaciónLanham, Maryland, United States
EditorialRowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
Año de publicación
2002
Paginación261p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
SerieCritical issues in history
ISBN0847696316
Descripción
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