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The Holocaust was the defining trauma of the 20th century. How do
we begin to understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people,
or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive?
This new and improved edition of Sources of the Holocaust brings
together over 90 original Holocaust documents and testimonies to
put the reader into direct contact with the genocide's human
participants. From the origins of Christian antisemitism and the
creation of monstrous 'Others' to the immediate aftermath of these
crimes against humanity and the rise of right-wing ideologies in
the 21st century, this book is structured both chronologically and
thematically in order to clearly explain the ideas that made the
Holocaust possible, how people mounted resistance at the time, and
the Holocaust's legacy today. On top of this unparalleled access to
the voices of the Holocaust, Steve Hochstadt's authoritative and
scholarly commentaries on each source ensures readers gain a
comprehensive understanding of this terrible episode in human
history. Shocking and compelling, this carefully curated collection
of primary sources is the definitive account of Holocaust
experiences and vital reading for all scholars of modern European
history.
For a century, Jews were an unmistakable and prominent feature of
Shanghai life. They built hotels and stood in bread lines,
hobnobbed with the British and Chinese elites and were confined to
a wartime ghetto. Jews taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of
Music, sold Viennese pastries, and shared the worst slum with
native Shanghainese. Three waves of Jews, representing three
religious and ethnic communities, landed in Shanghai, remained
separate for decades, but faced the calamity of World War II and
ultimate dissolution together.In this book, we hear their own words
and the words of modern scholars explaining how Baghdadi, Russian
and Central European Jews found their way to Shanghai, created
lives in the world's most cosmopolitan city, and were forced to
find new homes in the late 1940s.
Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt met in Nazi Berlin, married in the
Theresienstadt ghetto, and survived Auschwitz. In this book, they
tell their intertwined stories in their own words. The text
directly expresses their experiences, reactions, and emotions. The
reader moves with them through the stages of their Holocaust
journeys: persecution in Berlin, deportation to Theresienstadt and
then to Auschwitz, slave labor, liberation, reunion, and finally
emigration to the US. Kurt and Sonja saw the death of Jews every
day for two years, but they never stopped creating their own lives.
The spoken words of these survivors create a uniquely direct
relationship with the reader, as if this couple were telling their
story in their living room.
Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt met in Nazi Berlin, married in the
Theresienstadt ghetto, and survived Auschwitz. In this book, they
tell their intertwined stories in their own words. The text
directly expresses their experiences, reactions, and emotions. The
reader moves with them through the stages of their Holocaust
journeys: persecution in Berlin, deportation to Theresienstadt and
then to Auschwitz, slave labor, liberation, reunion, and finally
emigration to the US. Kurt and Sonja saw the death of Jews every
day for two years, but they never stopped creating their own lives.
The spoken words of these survivors create a uniquely direct
relationship with the reader, as if this couple were telling their
story in their living room.
For a century, Jews were an unmistakable and prominent feature of
Shanghai life. They built hotels and stood in bread lines,
hobnobbed with the British and Chinese elites and were confined to
a wartime ghetto. Jews taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of
Music, sold Viennese pastries, and shared the worst slum with
native Shanghainese. Three waves of Jews, representing three
religious and ethnic communities, landed in Shanghai, remained
separate for decades, but faced the calamity of World War II and
ultimate dissolution together.In this book, we hear their own words
and the words of modern scholars explaining how Baghdadi, Russian
and Central European Jews found their way to Shanghai, created
lives in the world's most cosmopolitan city, and were forced to
find new homes in the late 1940s.
The Holocaust was the defining trauma of the 20th century. How do
we begin to understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people,
or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive?
This new and improved edition of Sources of the Holocaust brings
together over 90 original Holocaust documents and testimonies to
put the reader into direct contact with the genocide's human
participants. From the origins of Christian antisemitism and the
creation of monstrous 'Others' to the immediate aftermath of these
crimes against humanity and the rise of right-wing ideologies in
the 21st century, this book is structured both chronologically and
thematically in order to clearly explain the ideas that made the
Holocaust possible, how people mounted resistance at the time, and
the Holocaust's legacy today. On top of this unparalleled access to
the voices of the Holocaust, Steve Hochstadt's authoritative and
scholarly commentaries on each source ensures readers gain a
comprehensive understanding of this terrible episode in human
history. Shocking and compelling, this carefully curated collection
of primary sources is the definitive account of Holocaust
experiences and vital reading for all scholars of modern European
history.
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