The Destruction of the European Jews, complete 3vols in 1

The Destruction of the European Jews is widely considered the landmark study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961, Raul Hilberg's comprehensive account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion, galvanized further research, and shaped the entire field of Holocaust studies. This revised and expanded edition of Hilberg's classic work extends the scope of his study and includes 80,000 words of new material, particularly from recently opened archives in eastern Europe, added over a lifetime of research. It is the definitive work of a scholar who has devoted more than fifty years to exploring and analyzing the realities of the Holocaust. Spanning the twelve-year period of anti-Jewish actions from 1933 to 1945, Hilberg's study encompasses Germany and all the territories under German rule or influence. Its principal focus is on the large number of perpetrators — civil servants, military personnel, Nazi party functionaries, SS men, and representatives of private enterprises — in the machinery of death. Author Biography: Raul Hilberg is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Vermont Cover CONTENTS VOLUME I PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 1 PRECEDENTS 2 ANTECEDENTS 3 THE STRUCTURE OF DESTRUCTION 4 DEFINITION BY DECREE 5 EXPROPRIATION Dismissals Aryanizations Property Taxes Blocked Money Forced Labor and Wage Regulations Special Income Taxes Starvation Measures 6 CONCENTRATION The Reich-Protektorat Area Poland The Expulsions Ghetto Formation Ghetto Maintenance Confiscations Labor Exploitation Food Controls Sickness and Death in the Ghettos 7 MOBILE KILLING OPERATIONS Preparations The First Sweep Strategy Cooperation with the Mobile Killing Units The Killing Operations and Their Repercussions The Killing of the Prisoners of War The Intermediary Stage The Second Sweep CONTENTS VOLUME II 8 DEPORTATIONS Central Agencies of Deportation The Reich-Protektorat Area The Uprooting Process Seizure and Transport Confiscations Poland Preparations The Conduct of the Deportations Economic Consequences The Semicircular Are The North The West The Balkans CONTENTS VOLUME III 9 KILLING CENTER OPERATIONS Origins of the Killing Centers Organization, Personnel, and Maintenance Labor Utilization Medical Experiments Confiscations Killing Operations Concealment The ‘‘Conveyor Belt’’ Erasure Liquidation of the Killing Centers and the End of the Destruction Process 10 REFLECTIONS The Perpetrators The Victims The Neighbors The Destructive Expansion The Obstacles 11 CONSEQUENCES The Trials Rescue Salvage 12 IMPLICATIONS APPENDIX A: GERMAN RANKS APPENDIX B: STATISTICS OF JEWISH DEAD APPENDIX C: NOTATION ON SOURCES INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z __The Destruction of the European Jews__ iswidely considered the landmark study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961, Raul Hilberg’s comprehensive account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion, galvanized further research, and shaped the entire field of Holocaust studies. This revised and expanded edition of Hilberg’s classic work extends the scope of his study and includes 80,000 words of new material, particularly from recently opened archives in eastern Europe, added over a lifetime of research. It is the work of a scholar who has devoted more than fifty years to exploring and analyzing the realities of the Holocaust. Spanning the twelve-year period of anti-Jewish actions from 1933 to 1945, Hilberg’s study encompasses Germany and all the territories under German rule or influence. Its principal focus is on the large number of perpetrators—civil servants, military personnel, Nazi party functionaries, SS men, and representatives of private enterprises—in the machinery of death. A three-volume study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961, Raul Hilberg's account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion and shaped the field of Holocaust studies. This expanded edition includes new material, particularly from archives in Eastern Europe. Examines the history of persecution against European Jews, discusses the definition of a Jew according to the German regime, and describes the processes through which Jews were eliminated during the Holocaust years."