The Extermination of the European Jews

by Christian Gerlach

Book Overview

This major reinterpretation of the Holocaust surveys the destruction of the European Jews within the broader context of Nazi violence against other victim groups. Christian Gerlach offers a unique social history of mass violence which reveals why particular groups were persecuted and what it was that connected the fate of these groups and the policies against them. He explores the diverse ideological, political and economic motivations which lay behind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521706890
• ISBN13: 9780521706896
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 515 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"