As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, future generations will no longer come face-to-face with Holocaust survivors. But the lessons of that terrible period in history are too important to let slip past. How Was It Possible?, edited and introduced by Peter Hayes, provides teachers and students with a comprehensive resource about the Nazi persecution of Jews. Deliberately resisting the reflexive urge to dismiss the topic as too horrible to be understood intellectually or emotionally, the anthology sets out to provide answers to questions that may otherwise defy comprehension. This…mehr
As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, future generations will no longer come face-to-face with Holocaust survivors. But the lessons of that terrible period in history are too important to let slip past. How Was It Possible?, edited and introduced by Peter Hayes, provides teachers and students with a comprehensive resource about the Nazi persecution of Jews. Deliberately resisting the reflexive urge to dismiss the topic as too horrible to be understood intellectually or emotionally, the anthology sets out to provide answers to questions that may otherwise defy comprehension. This anthology is organized around key issues of the Holocaust, from the historical context for antisemitism to the impediments to escaping Nazi Germany, and from the logistics of the death camps and the carrying out of genocide to the subsequent struggles of the displaced survivors in the aftermath. Prepared in cooperation with the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, this anthology includes contributions from such luminaries as Jean Ancel, Saul Friedlander, Tony Judt, Alan Kraut, Primo Levi, Robert Proctor, Richard Rhodes, Timothy Snyder, and Susan Zuccotti. Taken together, the selections make the ineffable fathomable and demystify the barbarism underlying the tragedy, inviting readers to learn precisely how the Holocaust was, in fact, possible.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Peter Hayes is a professor of history and Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Professor of Holocaust Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich and Industry and Ideology: IG Farben in the Nazi Era. Harvey Schulweis is chairman of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
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List of Illustrations Foreword Harvey Schulweis Introduction Peter Hayes Editorial Note Chapter 1. The Context Introduction Peter Hayes [1.1] Antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich, from Antisemitism: The Longest Hatred [1.2] Racism Michael Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann, from The Racial State [1.3] Contradictions in Central Europe Amos Elon, from The Pity of It All [1.4] Germany’s Turmoil, 1918–1933 Klaus P. Fischer, from Nazi Germany: A New History [1.5] The Interwar Jewish Heartland Ezra Mendelsohn, from The Jews of East Central Europe Between the World Wars Chapter 2. Nazism in Power Introduction Peter Hayes [2.1] Elite Cooperation Eckart Conze et al., from Das Amt und die Vergangenheit [The Office and the Past] [2.2] Street-Level Coercion Sebastian Haffner, from Defying Hitler [2.3] The Claims of Community Thomas Kühne, from Belonging and Genocide [2.4] Aryanization Avraham Barkai, from From Boycott to Annihilation [2.5] Talk of “Annihilation” Ernst von Weizsäcker’s Remarks to a Swiss Diplomat, November 15, 1938, from Documents Diplomatiques Suisses “Jews, What Now?” from Das Schwarze Korps, November 24, 1938 Hitler’s Reichstag Speech, January 30, 1939, from Nazism 1939–1945 Chapter 3. Impediments to Escape Introduction Peter Hayes [3.1] The United States and Refugees, 1933–1940 Richard Breitman and Alan M. Kraut, from American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933–1945 [3.2] France: From Hospitality to Hostility Eugen Weber, from The Hollow Years [3.3] The Unreceptive British Empire Louise London, from Whitehall and the Jews, 1933–1948 [3.4] Switzerland Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland—Second World War, from Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War [3.5] Palestine Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey, from Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust [3.6] Going and Staying Marion Kaplan, from Between Dignity and Despair Chapter 4. The New Order in Europe Introduction Peter Hayes [4.1] Culling the German Volk Robert N. Proctor, from Racial Hygiene [4.2] Rearranging Populations Götz Aly and Suzanne Heim, from Architects of Annihilation [4.3] Racial War in the East Timothy Snyder, from Bloodlands [4.4] Plunder, Individual and Governmental Götz Aly, from Hitler’s Beneficiaries [4.5] Forced Labor Ulrich Herbert, from Hitler’s Foreign Workers Chapter 5. Jews in the Nazi Grip Introduction Peter Hayes [5.1] Indirect Rule Isaiah Trunk, from Judenrat [5.2] Isolation and Impoverishment Chaim Kaplan, from Scroll of Agony [5.3] Choiceless Choices Gordon J. Horwitz, from Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City [5.4] Leaving a Record Samuel D. Kassow, from Who Will Write Our History? [5.5] Nothing to Lose Yisrael Gutman, from The Jews of Warsaw, 1939–1943 [5.6] Women Slave Laborers Felicja Karay, from Women in the Holocaust [5.7] Robbery in the Netherlands Martin Dean, from Robbing the Jews Chapter 6. The German Killers and Their Methods Introduction Peter Hayes [6.1] Deciding to Kill Mark Roseman, from The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution [6.2] Bringing Death to Jews Richard Rhodes, from Masters of Death [6.3] Bringing Jews to Death Raul Hilberg, from The Destruction of the European Jews [6.4] Political Soldiers Edward B. Westermann, from Hitler’s Police Battalions [6.5] The Fates of Gypsies Yehuda Bauer, from Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp [6.6] Camp Labor Primo Levi, from If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz) [6.7] The Final Frenzy Daniel Blatman, from The Death Marches Chapter 7. Collaboration and Its Limits Introduction Peter Hayes [7.1] Poland: The Blue Police Jan Grabowski, from Hunt for the Jews [7.2] Romania: Annihilation Aborted Jean Ancel, from The History of the Holocaust in Romania [7.3] Vichy France: “Our” Jews and the Rest Saul Friedländer, from The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945 [7.4] The Italian Paradox Susan Zuccotti, from The Italians and the Holocaust [7.5] The Hungarian Paroxysm Randolph L. Braham, from Studies on the Holocaust [7.6] Papal Priorities Michael Phayer, from The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 [7.7] Self-Serving Switzerland Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland—Second World War, from Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War Chapter 8. Rescuing Jews—Means and Obstacles Introduction Peter Hayes [8.1] The Kovno Connection Jonathan Goldstein, from Lessons and Legacies VI [8.2] The Good German of Vilna Michael Good, from The Search for Major Plagge [8.3] Collective Action in Vivarais-Lignon Patrick Henry, from We Only Know Men [8.4] The Hidden Jews of Warsaw Gunnar S. Paulsson, from Secret City [8.5] Saving Jewish Children in Belgium Bob Moore, from Survivors [8.6] American Inhibitions Richard Breitman and Alan M. Kraut, from American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933–1945 [8.7] Sweden Expands Asylum Paul A. Levine, from From Indifference to Activism Chapter 9. Aftermath Introduction Peter Hayes [9.1] Survivors Mark Wyman, from DPs: Europe’s Displaced Persons, 1945–51 [9.2] Zion’s Ambivalence Tom Segev, from The Seventh Million [9.3] America’s Incomprehension Beth B. Cohen, from Case Closed [9.4] The Great Reversal Tony Judt, from Postwar [9.5] The Pathology of Denial Richard J. Evans, from Lying about Hitler [9.6] Restitution and Its Discontents Michael R. Marrus, from Some Measure of Justice [9.7] After Such Knowledge Eva Hoffman, from After Such Knowledge List of Abbreviations Source Acknowledgments Index
List of Illustrations Foreword Harvey Schulweis Introduction Peter Hayes Editorial Note Chapter 1. The Context Introduction Peter Hayes [1.1] Antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich, from Antisemitism: The Longest Hatred [1.2] Racism Michael Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann, from The Racial State [1.3] Contradictions in Central Europe Amos Elon, from The Pity of It All [1.4] Germany’s Turmoil, 1918–1933 Klaus P. Fischer, from Nazi Germany: A New History [1.5] The Interwar Jewish Heartland Ezra Mendelsohn, from The Jews of East Central Europe Between the World Wars Chapter 2. Nazism in Power Introduction Peter Hayes [2.1] Elite Cooperation Eckart Conze et al., from Das Amt und die Vergangenheit [The Office and the Past] [2.2] Street-Level Coercion Sebastian Haffner, from Defying Hitler [2.3] The Claims of Community Thomas Kühne, from Belonging and Genocide [2.4] Aryanization Avraham Barkai, from From Boycott to Annihilation [2.5] Talk of “Annihilation” Ernst von Weizsäcker’s Remarks to a Swiss Diplomat, November 15, 1938, from Documents Diplomatiques Suisses “Jews, What Now?” from Das Schwarze Korps, November 24, 1938 Hitler’s Reichstag Speech, January 30, 1939, from Nazism 1939–1945 Chapter 3. Impediments to Escape Introduction Peter Hayes [3.1] The United States and Refugees, 1933–1940 Richard Breitman and Alan M. Kraut, from American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933–1945 [3.2] France: From Hospitality to Hostility Eugen Weber, from The Hollow Years [3.3] The Unreceptive British Empire Louise London, from Whitehall and the Jews, 1933–1948 [3.4] Switzerland Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland—Second World War, from Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War [3.5] Palestine Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey, from Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust [3.6] Going and Staying Marion Kaplan, from Between Dignity and Despair Chapter 4. The New Order in Europe Introduction Peter Hayes [4.1] Culling the German Volk Robert N. Proctor, from Racial Hygiene [4.2] Rearranging Populations Götz Aly and Suzanne Heim, from Architects of Annihilation [4.3] Racial War in the East Timothy Snyder, from Bloodlands [4.4] Plunder, Individual and Governmental Götz Aly, from Hitler’s Beneficiaries [4.5] Forced Labor Ulrich Herbert, from Hitler’s Foreign Workers Chapter 5. Jews in the Nazi Grip Introduction Peter Hayes [5.1] Indirect Rule Isaiah Trunk, from Judenrat [5.2] Isolation and Impoverishment Chaim Kaplan, from Scroll of Agony [5.3] Choiceless Choices Gordon J. Horwitz, from Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City [5.4] Leaving a Record Samuel D. Kassow, from Who Will Write Our History? [5.5] Nothing to Lose Yisrael Gutman, from The Jews of Warsaw, 1939–1943 [5.6] Women Slave Laborers Felicja Karay, from Women in the Holocaust [5.7] Robbery in the Netherlands Martin Dean, from Robbing the Jews Chapter 6. The German Killers and Their Methods Introduction Peter Hayes [6.1] Deciding to Kill Mark Roseman, from The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution [6.2] Bringing Death to Jews Richard Rhodes, from Masters of Death [6.3] Bringing Jews to Death Raul Hilberg, from The Destruction of the European Jews [6.4] Political Soldiers Edward B. Westermann, from Hitler’s Police Battalions [6.5] The Fates of Gypsies Yehuda Bauer, from Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp [6.6] Camp Labor Primo Levi, from If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz) [6.7] The Final Frenzy Daniel Blatman, from The Death Marches Chapter 7. Collaboration and Its Limits Introduction Peter Hayes [7.1] Poland: The Blue Police Jan Grabowski, from Hunt for the Jews [7.2] Romania: Annihilation Aborted Jean Ancel, from The History of the Holocaust in Romania [7.3] Vichy France: “Our” Jews and the Rest Saul Friedländer, from The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945 [7.4] The Italian Paradox Susan Zuccotti, from The Italians and the Holocaust [7.5] The Hungarian Paroxysm Randolph L. Braham, from Studies on the Holocaust [7.6] Papal Priorities Michael Phayer, from The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 [7.7] Self-Serving Switzerland Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland—Second World War, from Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War Chapter 8. Rescuing Jews—Means and Obstacles Introduction Peter Hayes [8.1] The Kovno Connection Jonathan Goldstein, from Lessons and Legacies VI [8.2] The Good German of Vilna Michael Good, from The Search for Major Plagge [8.3] Collective Action in Vivarais-Lignon Patrick Henry, from We Only Know Men [8.4] The Hidden Jews of Warsaw Gunnar S. Paulsson, from Secret City [8.5] Saving Jewish Children in Belgium Bob Moore, from Survivors [8.6] American Inhibitions Richard Breitman and Alan M. Kraut, from American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933–1945 [8.7] Sweden Expands Asylum Paul A. Levine, from From Indifference to Activism Chapter 9. Aftermath Introduction Peter Hayes [9.1] Survivors Mark Wyman, from DPs: Europe’s Displaced Persons, 1945–51 [9.2] Zion’s Ambivalence Tom Segev, from The Seventh Million [9.3] America’s Incomprehension Beth B. Cohen, from Case Closed [9.4] The Great Reversal Tony Judt, from Postwar [9.5] The Pathology of Denial Richard J. Evans, from Lying about Hitler [9.6] Restitution and Its Discontents Michael R. Marrus, from Some Measure of Justice [9.7] After Such Knowledge Eva Hoffman, from After Such Knowledge List of Abbreviations Source Acknowledgments Index
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