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One of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust evaluates accepted views of its history and meaning in this extraordinary book. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He offers fresh opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to the murderous campaign against them to the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel.

Yehuda Bauer is the former director of the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, and now serves as its academic advisor

Preface

vii

Introduction

ix

What Was the Holocaust?

1

(13)

Is the Holocaust Explicable?

14

(25)

Comparisons with Other Genocides

39

(29)

Overall Interpretations: Zygmunt Bauman

68

(25)

Jeffrey Herf

Goetz Aly

Overall Interpretations

93

(26)

Daniel J. Goldhagen

John Weiss

Saul Friedlander

Jewish Resistance---Myth or Reality?

119

(24)

Unarmed Resistance and Other Responses

143

(24)

The Problem of Gender: The Case of Gisi Fleischmann

167

(19)

Theology, or God theSurgeon

186

(27)

Rescue Attempts: The Case of the Auschwitz Protocols

213

(29)

From the Holocaust to the State of Israel

242

(19)

appendix Speech to the Bundestag

261

(14)

Notes

275

(36)

Bibliography

311

(10)

Index

321

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Rethinking the Holocaust

Rethinking the Holocaust

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