The Nazi Holocaust. Part 6 The Victims of the Holocaust. Volume 2

This edition is the first of its kind to offer a basic collection of facsimile, English language, historical articles on all aspects of the extermination of the European Jews. A total of 300 articles from 84 journals and collections allows the reader to gain an overview of this field. The edition both provides access to the immense, rich array of scholarly articles published after 1960 on the history of the Holocaust and encourages critical assessment of conflicting interpretations of these horrifying events. The series traces Nazi persecution of Jews before the implementation of the "Final Solution", demonstrates how the Germans coordinated anti-Jewish activities in conquered territories, and sheds light on the victims in concentration camps, ending with the liberation of the concentration camp victims and articles on the trials of war criminals. The publications covered originate from the years 1950 to 1987. Included are authors such as Jakob Katz, Saul Friedländer, Eberhard Jäckel, Bruno Bettelheim and Herbert A. Strauss. Part Two: Central and West European Jewry The Problem of the Rescue of German Jewry during the Years 1933–1939: The Reasons for the Delay in Their Emigration from the Third Reich The Dispute over the Leadership of German Jewry (1933–1938) The “Reichsvereinigung of the Jews in Germany” (1938/9–1943): Problems of Continuity in the Organization and Leadership of German Jewry under the Nationalist Socialist Regime Sisterhood Under Siege: Feminism and Anti-Semitism in Germany, 1904–1938 Women and the Holocaust: The Case of German and German-Jewish Women The Dual Role of the “Jewish Center” in Slovakia The Official Jewish Leadership of Wartime Hungary The Ambiguity of Collaborationism: The Center of the Jews in Romania (1942–1944) The Jewish Leadership of France A Jewish Leader in Vichy France, 1940–1943: The Diary of Raymond Raoul-Lambert The Jewish Community of France in the Face of Vichy-German Persecution: 1940–44 Jewish Leadership and the Holocaust: The Case of France The Trap of Legality: The Association of the Jews of Belgium The Controversy Surrounding the Jewish Council of Amsterdam: From Its Inception to the Present Day The Controversial Stand of the Joodse Road in the Netherlands: Lodewijk E. Visser’s Struggle Part Three: The Camps The Concentration Camps as Part of the National-Socialist System of Domination Social Differentiation in the German Concentration Camps Social Stratification in the Concentration Camps The Zionist Character of the “Self-Government” of Terezin (Theresienstadt): A Study in Historiography “Operation Reinhard”: Extermination Camps of Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka The Gas Chambers Belzec Death Camp Auschwitz: The History and Characteristics of the Concentration and Extermination Camp Ghetto in an Annihilation Camp: Jewish Social History in the Holocaust Period and Its Ultimate Limits The Prisoner’s First Encounter with Auschwitz Sajmiste – An Extermination Camp in Serbia Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations The Case of Bruno Bettelheim and Lina Wertmüller’s Seven Beauties Copyright Information Index An investigation into the causes of the holocaust, this volume establishes the ideological, legal, administrative, social and political precedents in Germany and Europe that facilitated the systematic mass murder of Jews. This book sets the stage for studies in later works in this series. A collection of articles which examine the response of the Jews to persecution by the Nazis. Some writings contend that the Jews responded passively but other reports and studies of victims have stressed their creative and resourceful strategies for survival. Edited With An Introduction By Michael R. Marrus. Includes Bibliographical References.