War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Critical Issues in World and International History)
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Book Details
Author(s)
Doris L. Bergen,
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN
0742557154
ISBN-13
9780742557154
Sales Rank
#208,429
Category
History
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, second edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the handicapped, and other groups deemed undesirable. With clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide—purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space—and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, the book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.
