The Holocaust in 100 Histories

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This chronologically-arranged collection of articles demonstrates the complex and multifaceted nature of the Holocaust. From January 1933 and the ascent to office of Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany), through to October 1945 and the opening of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, The Holocaust in 100 Histories takes an episodic approach to consider some of the people, ideas, groups, and events that characterized the genocide which ultimately unfolded against the backdrop of the Second World War. Paul R. Bartrop shines a light on Nazi perpetrators, Righteous Gentiles who helped save Jews during the Holocaust, Jewish resisters, as well as movements, events, and developments during the Third Reich and the war years. The 100 entries included in the book provide both a series of snapshots and a pathway to understanding how the Holocaust was manifestedor defied during the years between 1933 and 1945. Its structure enables readers to access the Holocaust in or out of sequence, reading individual entries as appropriate, while every article is supported by key primary source documents, further reading suggestions and discussion questions designed to prompt debate and further study.

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Paul R. Bartrop is Professor Emeritus at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016), Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses (2014) and Genocide: The Basics (2014). He is also the co-editor, along with Samuel Totten, of The Genocide Studies Reader (2009) and the four-volume Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Document Collection (2014; co-edited with Steven Leonard Jacobs). Professor Bartrop is a Past President of the Australian Association of Jewish Studies and in 2022 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the United Kingdom.