The Coming of the Holocaust: From Antisemitism to Genocide

by Peter Kenez

Book Overview

The Coming of the Holocaust aims to help readers understand the circumstances that made the Holocaust possible. Peter Kenez demonstrates that the occurrence of the Holocaust was not predetermined as a result of modern history but instead was the result of contingencies. He shows that three preconditions had to exist for the genocide to take place: modern anti-Semitism, meaning Jews had to become economically and culturally successful in the post-French...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107043352
• ISBN13: 9781107043350
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"