Jürgen Matthäus

Predicting the Holocaust

Jewish Organizations Report from Geneva on the Emergence of the "Final Solution," 1939-1942

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This profoundly informed volume provides the first in-depth overview of Jewish assessments of the evolving Nazi Judenpolitik in the early years of World War II. Jürgen Matthäus showcases the perceptive reports compiled by two Geneva-based offices, among the first to predict the threat to millions of Jews with the rising tide of Nazi rule in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781538121672
• ISBN-10: 1538121670
• Artikelnr.: 53020706

Autorenporträt

By Jürgen Matthäus

Inhaltsangabe

Maps Abbreviations Editor's Note PART I Introduction 1.Nazi anti-Jewish
violence and the view from Geneva 2.Lichtheim, Riegner, and the "Jewish
question" 3.Adjusting to war 4.Understanding the "final solution" as a
process 5.Making sense of mass violence PART II SELECT DOCUMENTS 1.German
"vacillating policy" (September 1939 - October 1940) 2."Local actions" as a
policy pattern (November 1940 - July 1941) 3."Method in this madness"
(August 1941 - February 1942) 4."So little hope left" (March - August 1942)
List of Documents Bibliography Index