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Name: The Holocaust
Author: Donald L. Niewyk

This volume gathers a diverse range of perspectives on the Holocaust, providing students with a multifaceted understanding of the event. It begins with an introductory overview of the Holocaust's historical context, followed by discussions on the motivation of perpetrators, comparison of conflicting views on victims' survival strategies and women's experiences, examination of charges of failure to resist and the attitudes of bystanders, and considerations of potential Jewish salvation through military action or intercession by external forces.

First publish date: 1992

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Donald L. Niewyk

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