Peter Kenez

The Coming of the Holocaust

From Antisemitism to Genocide

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Produktbeschreibung

The Coming of the Holocaust aims to help readers understand the circumstances that made the Holocaust possible. Peter Kenez demonstrates that the occurrence of the Holocaust was not predetermined as a result of modern history but instead was the result of contingencies. He shows that three preconditions had to exist for the genocide to take place: modern anti-Semitism, meaning Jews had to become economically and culturally successful in the post-French Revolution world to arouse fear rather than contempt; an extremist group possessing a deeply held, irrational, and profoundly inhumane worldview had to take control of the machinery of a powerful modern state; and the context of a major war with mass killings. The book also discusses the correlations between social and historical differences in individual countries regarding the success of the Germans in their effort to exterminate Jews.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 313
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781107636842
• ISBN-10: 1107636841
• Artikelnr.: 39118405

Autorenporträt

Peter Kenez is Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of many books, including Hungary from the Nazis to the Soviets: The Establishment of the Communist Regime in Hungary, 1944-1948 (Cambridge University Press, 2006), A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End, 2nd edition (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and Red Attack, White Resistance (2005). He is a board member for the journal Revolutionary Russia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism: 1. French Jews; 2. Jews of the Russian empire and of the Soviet Union; 3. Hungarian Jews; Part II. The National Socialists Take Control of the German State Machinery: 4. National socialism and Jews; 5. Propaganda; 6. What to do with the Jews?; Part III. War: 7. Ghettos in Poland, 1939-41; 8. The Holocaust in the Soviet Union; 9. The Romanian Holocaust; 10. Germany, 1942; 11. The Holocaust in Western Europe; 12. The last island: Hungary; 13. Extermination camps; 14. Afterthoughts.

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Introduction
Part I. Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism: 1. French Jews
2. Jews of the Russian empire and of the Soviet Union
3. Hungarian Jews
Part II. The National Socialists Take Control of the German State Machinery: 4. National socialism and Jews
5. Propaganda
6. What to do with the Jews?
Part III. War: 7. Ghettos in Poland, 1939-41
8. The Holocaust in the Soviet Union
9. The Romanian Holocaust
10. Germany, 1942
11. The Holocaust in Western Europe
12. The last island: Hungary
13. Extermination camps
14. Afterthoughts.

Rezensionen

'The distinguished UC Santa Cruz historian Peter Kenez has taken on the daunting and complex task of explaining the origins of the 'Final Solution'. He does so with deep erudition, perfect moral balance, patient reasoning, and crystal-clear prose. The Coming of the Holocaust will surely become the standard introduction to this painful and important subject.' Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University