The extermination of the European Jews /
"This major reinterpretation of the Holocaust surveys the destruction of the European Jews within the broader context of Nazi violence against other victim groups. Christian Gerlach offers a unique social history of mass violence which reveals why particular groups were persecuted and what it w...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | New approaches to European history.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- pt. I. Persecution by Germans. Before 1933 ; From enforced emigration to territorial schemes: 1933-41 ; From mass murder to comprehensive annihilation: 1941-42 ; Extending mass destruction: 1942-45 ; Structures and agents of violence
- pt. II. Logics of persecution. Racism and anti-Jewish thought ; Forced labor, German violence and Jews ; Hunger policies and mass murder ; The economics of separation, expropriation, crowding and removal ; Fighting resistance and the persecution of Jews
- pt. III. The European dimension. Legislation against Jews in Europe : a comparison ; Divided societies : popular input to the persecution of Jews ; Beyond legislation : non-German policies of violence ; In the labyrinths of persecution : survival attempts ; Conclusion : Group destruction in extremely violent societies.
