Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis

by Omer Bartov

Book Overview

This book discusses some of the most urgent current debates over the study, commemoration, and politicization of the Holocaust through key critical perspectives. Omer Bartov adeptly assesses the tensions between Holocaust and genocide studies, which have repeatedly both enriched and clashed with each other, whilst convincingly arguing for the importance of local history and individual testimony in grasping the nature of mass murder. He goes on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350332313
• ISBN13: 9781350332317
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"