Rethinking the Holocaust

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Jewish Studies One of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust evaluates accepted views of its history and meaning in this extraordinary book. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He offers fresh opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to the murderous campaign against them to the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. "Eloquent.. . . An eye-opening synthesis of the whole historiography of the Shoah. . . . The meat of the book is a brilliant review of vexed issues like Jewish resistance (armed and unarmed), the role of the Judenráte, or Nazi-imposed Jewish Councils, and the plans to rescue Jews by buying their freedom.. . .With the skill of a sleuth and the assiduous patience of a born scholar, Bauer reconstructs the schemes, characters and motives in a spirit of factual inquiry, keen empathy and, of all unlikely things, common sense." - Morris Dickstein, New York Times... Tovább

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Jewish Studies One of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust evaluates accepted views of its history and meaning in this extraordinary book. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He offers fresh opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to the murderous campaign against them to the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. "Eloquent.. . . An eye-opening synthesis of the whole historiography of the Shoah. . . . The meat of the book is a brilliant review of vexed issues like Jewish resistance (armed and unarmed), the role of the Judenráte, or Nazi-imposed Jewish Councils, and the plans to rescue Jews by buying their freedom.. . .With the skill of a sleuth and the assiduous patience of a born scholar, Bauer reconstructs the schemes, characters and motives in a spirit of factual inquiry, keen empathy and, of all unlikely things, common sense." - Morris Dickstein, New York Times Book Beview "Bauer is the preeminent student of Jewish resistance and rescue efforts. . . . Bauer's book alsó reaches beyond issues of rescue, offering a strong introduction to many of the analytic debates on Nazi genocide."-Paul Breines, Washington Posl Book World Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, is the recipient of the Israel Prize. He is the author of many books, including Jews for Sale?, available in paperback from Yale University Press. 'in ihis originál and compelling book Bauer eonsklers all the major issues of Holocaust historiography. Eventhing Bauer louehes he üluminates/' Vissza