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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hayes, Peter, 1946 September 7- author.     Subjects     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes.     Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.     Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.     Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.     Germany -- Ethnic relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hayes, Peter, 1946 September 7- author.       by title:      Why? : explaining th...         MARC Display

Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes. by Hayes, Peter, 1946 September 7- author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)   Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes.   Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.   Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.   Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.   Germany -- Ethnic relations. ISBN:  9780393355468 (paperback) 0393355462 (paperback) Description:  xvi, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Contents:  Introduction: Why Another Book on the Holocaust? -- 1. Targets: Why the Jews? -- Antisemitism -- Emancipation and backlash -- 2. Attackers: Why the Germans? -- Nation and Volk -- Hitler's opportunity -- 3. Escalation: Why Murder? -- From Aryanization to atrocity -- Gentile and Jewish responses -- 4. Annihilation: Why This Swift and Sweeping? -- From bullets to Gas -- Perpetrators: the "generation without limits" -- Enslavement -- 5. Victims: Why Didn't More Jews Fight Back More Often? -- Compliance and resistance -- The world of the camps -- 6. Homelands: Why Did Survival Rates Diverge? -- Varieties of behavior -- The case of Poland -- 7. Onlookers: Why Such Limited Help from Outside? -- Prewar evasions -- Wartime priorities -- 8. Aftermath: What Legacies, What Lessons? -- Return, resettlement, retribution, and restitution -- Memory, myths, and meanings. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Why?" explores one of the most tragic events in human history by addressing eight of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust: Why the Jews? Why the Germans? Why murder? Why this swift and sweeping? Why didn't more Jews fight back more often? Why did survival rates diverge? Why such limited help from outside? What legacies, what lessons? An internationally acclaimed scholar, Peter Hayes brings a wealth of research and experience to bear on conventional views of the Holocaust, dispelling many misconceptions and challenging some of the most prominent recent interpretations.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53181 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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