Perpetrators - The World of the Holocaust Killers

The Nazis' attempt to annihilate the Jewish people, the Holocaust, continues to raise a disturbing question. About six million defenseless men, women, and children were murdered for no reason but their ancestry.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1. Jews in Concentration Camps


• 2. Massacres by Shooting


• 3 . Portraits of Killers


• 4. Factory-Style Killing: The Extermination Camps


• 5. Evading and Opposing the Killing


• 6. The Perpetrators on Trial: Flawed Justice


• 7. Why Did They Do It?


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Guenter Lewy is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts. His books include Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany and The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Summary

The Nazis' attempt to annihilate the Jewish people, the Holocaust, continues to raise a disturbing question. About six million defenseless men, women, and children were murdered for no reason but their ancestry.

Additional text

Lewy succeeds in compressing and thoughtfully analysing a huge amount of information in a slim volume.

Product details

• Authors: Guenter Lewy, Guenter (Professor Emeritus of Political Sci Lewy, Guenter (Professor Emeritus of Political Science Lewy, Lewy Guenter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2017
• EAN: 9780190661137
• ISBN: 978-0-19-066113-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Holocaust, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, History - General History, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, Judaism, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust