Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research (Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context)

The International Tracing Service holdings -- "Our mothers, our fathers" : Lahnstein -- Jewish voices -- Hour zero : the year 1945 -- Imagining the refugee -- Appendix I. The International Tracing Service holdings by subunit -- Appendix II. Finding aids for the International Tracing Service holdings. The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a comprehensive analytical resource that features peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. This online edition of the definitive reference work is the first port of call for anyone interested in international law. Each of the articles selected for publication within the Encyclopedia has been chosen to reflect not only the history of public international law, but also areas such as criminal law, human rights law, economic law, and environmental law. Every article published undergoes a rigorous review process, which includes peer-review by at least two members of the MPEPIL Advisory Board, led by Rudiger Wolfrum, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Whether you're a first-year law student or an attorney or professor with years of experience, the Encyclopedia and its online features will provide you with a wonderful opportunity to deepen your knowledge of public international law. (A cura dell'editore) Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, holds millions of documents that enrich our understanding of the many forms of persecution during the Nazi era and its continued repercussions ever since. Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the archive, this essential resource provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. The sources that the author has collected and contextualized here reflect the full range of behaviors and roles that victims, their oppressors, beneficiaries, and postwar aid organizations played beginning in 1933, through World War II, the Holocaust, and up to the present. "The International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, holds millions of documents that enrich our understanding of the many forms of persecution during the Nazi era and its continued repercussions ever since. Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the archive, this ... volume provides new insights into human decision making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences."--Publisher description "The International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, holds millions of documents that enrich our understanding of the many forms of persecution during the Nazi era and its continued repercussions ever since. Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the archive, this ... volume provides new insights into human decision making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences."--Back cover. "The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law is a comprehensive, analytical resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of international law. This definitive reference work contains both the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law." Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, this compelling volume provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. cover 1 frontmatter 2 contents 8 foreword 10 acknowledgments 24 abbreviations 26 chapter 1 28 chapter 2 80 chapter 3 128 chapter 4 178 chapter 5 216 appendix 264 bibliography 284 index 298 about the author 306