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Author : Jon Bridgman
Release : 1990
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The End of the Holocaust by : Jon Bridgman
Download or read book The End of the Holocaust written by Jon Bridgman. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvin H. Rosenfeld
Release : 2011-04-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 920/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The End of the Holocaust by : Alvin H. Rosenfeld
Download or read book The End of the Holocaust written by Alvin H. Rosenfeld. This book was released on 2011-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An illuminating exploration that offers a worried look at Holocaust representation in contemporary culture and politics.” —H-Holocaust In this provocative work, Alvin H. Rosenfeld contends that the proliferation of books, films, television programs, museums, and public commemorations related to the Holocaust has, perversely, brought about a diminution of its meaning and a denigration of its memory. Investigating a wide range of events and cultural phenomena, such as Ronald Reagan’s 1985 visit to the German cemetery at Bitburg, the distortions of Anne Frank’s story, and the ways in which the Holocaust has been depicted by such artists and filmmakers as Judy Chicago and Steven Spielberg, Rosenfeld charts the cultural forces that have minimized the Holocaust in popular perceptions. He contrasts these with sobering representations by Holocaust witnesses such as Jean Améry, Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Imre Kertész. The book concludes with a powerful warning about the possible consequences of “the end of the Holocaust” in public consciousness. “Forcefully written, as always, his new volume honors his entire life as teacher and writer attached to the principles of intellectual integrity and moral responsibility. Here, too, he demonstrates erudition and knowledge, a gift for analysis and astonishing insight. Teachers and students alike will find this book to be a great gift.” —Elie Wiesel “This remarkable new work of scholarship—written in accessible language and not in obscure academese—is exactly the Holocaust book the world needs now.” —Bill’s Faith Matters Blog “This book has monumental importance in Holocaust studies because it demands answers to the question how our culture is inscribing the Holocaust in its history and memory.” —Arcadia
Author : Dan Stone
Release : 2015-05-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 033/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Liberation of the Camps by : Dan Stone
Download or read book The Liberation of the Camps written by Dan Stone. This book was released on 2015-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, deeply researched account of survivors’ experiences of liberation from Nazi death camps and the long, difficult years that followed When tortured inmates of Hitler’s concentration and extermination camps were liberated in 1944 and 1945, the horror of the atrocities came fully to light. It was easy for others to imagine the joyful relief of freed prisoners, yet for those who had survived the unimaginable, the experience of liberation was a slow, grueling journey back to life. In this unprecedented inquiry into the days, months, and years following the arrival of Allied forces at the Nazi camps, a foremost historian of the Holocaust draws on archival sources and especially on eyewitness testimonies to reveal the complex challenges liberated victims faced and the daunting tasks their liberators undertook to help them reclaim their shattered lives. Historian Dan Stone focuses on the survivors—their feelings of guilt, exhaustion, fear, shame for having survived, and devastating grief for lost family members; their immense medical problems; and their later demands to be released from Displaced Persons camps and resettled in countries of their own choosing. Stone also tracks the efforts of British, American, Canadian, and Russian liberators as they contended with survivors’ immediate needs, then grappled with longer-term issues that shaped the postwar world and ushered in the first chill of the Cold War years ahead.
Author : Max Wallace
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 996/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In the Name of Humanity by : Max Wallace
Download or read book In the Name of Humanity written by Max Wallace. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor prize for literary nonfiction “A riveting tale of the previously unknown and fascinating story of the unsung angels who strove to foil the Final Solution.”—Kirkus starred review On November 25, 1944, prisoners at Auschwitz heard a deafening explosion. Emerging from their barracks, they witnessed the crematoria and gas chambers--part of the largest killing machine in human history--come crashing down. Most assumed they had fallen victim to inmate sabotage and thousands silently cheered. However, the Final Solution's most efficient murder apparatus had not been felled by Jews, but rather by the ruthless architect of mass genocide, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. It was an edict that has puzzled historians for more than six decades. Holocaust historian and New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace--a veteran interviewer for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation--draws on an explosive cache of recently declassified documents and an account from the only living eyewitness to unravel the mystery. He uncovers an astounding story involving the secret negotiations of an unlikely trio--a former fascist President of Switzerland, a courageous Orthodox Jewish woman, and Himmler's Finnish osteopath--to end the Holocaust, aided by clandestine Swedish and American intelligence efforts. He documents their efforts to deceive Himmler, who, as Germany's defeat loomed, sought to enter an alliance with the West against the Soviet Union. By exploiting that fantasy and persuading Himmler to betray Hitler's orders, the group helped to prevent the liquidation of tens of thousands of Jews during the last months of the Second World War, and thwarted Hitler's plan to take "every last Jew" down with the Reich. Deeply researched and dramatically recounted, In the Name of Humanity is a remarkable tale of bravery and audacious tactics that will help rewrite the history of the Holocaust.
Author : Jon Bridgman
Release : 1990
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The End of the Holocaust by : Jon Bridgman
Download or read book The End of the Holocaust written by Jon Bridgman. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pp. 17-31 describe the liberation of the eastern camps (mainly Majdanek and Auschwitz) by the Soviet army. Pp. 33-102 give details on the liberation of five other camps - Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, and Theresienstadt. Discusses policies of Nazi leaders and camp commandants between July 1944-May 1945 in view of the advancing Allied forces, the circumstances of the liberation of each camp, and their effect on American and European perceptions of the war. Pp. 121-136 contain three accounts, by survivors, of their liberation: Clara Greenbaum (Bergen-Belsen), Simon Wiesenthal (Mauthausen), and Elie Wiesel (Buchenwald).
