Bibliograph

Why?, explaining the Holocaust, Peter Hayes

Type

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Why?, explaining the Holocaust, Peter Hayes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-390) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070866

Responsibility statement

Peter Hayes

Sub title

explaining the Holocaust

Summary

An exploration of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust challenges misconceptions and discusses how no single theory fully explains the tragedy, drawing on a wealth of scholarly research and experience to offer new insights

Table Of Contents

Why another book on the Holocaust? -- Targets: why the Jews? -- Attackers: why the Germans? -- Escalation: why murder? -- Annihilation: why this swift and sweeping? -- Victims: why didn't more Jews fight back more often? -- Homelands: why did survival rates diverge? -- Onlookers: why such limited help from outside? -- Aftermath: what legacies, what lessons?

Target audience

adult

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