{"product_id":"the-anatomy-of-the-holocaust-selected-works-from-a-life-of-scholarship-9781789203554","title":"The Anatomy of the Holocaust: Selected Works from","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eA multifaceted look at historian Raul Hilberg, tracing the evolution of Holocaust research from a marginal subdiscipline into a vital intellectual project.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“I would recommend this book to both Holocaust historians and general readers alike. The breadth and depth of Hilberg’s research and his particular insights have not yet been surpassed by any other Holocaust scholar.”—\u003cem\u003eJewish Libraries News \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThough best known as the author of the landmark 1961 work \u003cem\u003eThe Destruction of the European Jews\u003c\/em\u003e, the historian Raul Hilberg produced a variety of archival research, personal essays, and other works over a career that spanned half a century. \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy of the Holocaust\u003c\/em\u003e collects some of Hilberg’s most essential and groundbreaking writings―many of them published in obscure journals or otherwise inaccessible to nonspecialists―in a single volume. Supplemented with commentary and notes from Hilberg’s longtime German editor and his biographer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrom the Introduction:\u003cbr\u003e \tThis selection by the editors from the multitude of his published texts focuses on Hilberg’s intellectual interests as a Holocaust researcher. Among other topics, they deal with the bureaucracy of the Holocaust, the number of victims, the role of the \u003c\/em\u003eJudenräte\u003cem\u003e(Jewish councils), and the function of the railway and the police in the extermination process. The scholarly impulses extending from Hilberg’s work remain remarkable and virulent almost a decade after his death.2 They deserve to be readily accessible in one place to historians and the interested public in the new compilation offered here. Many of the debates influenced by Hilberg are not yet resolved. The texts presented can be quite revealing in light of these controversies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is written in a concise and factual narrative style, with an absence of any judgement or emotion…I would recommend this book to both Holocaust historians and general readers alike. The breadth and depth of Hilberg’s research and his particular insights have not yet been surpassed by any other Holocaust scholar.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jewish Libraries News \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“With this compilation of essays and recollections, we […] once again come to know Hilberg as an immensely productive, curious and innovative historian.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Süddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A volume of great humanity.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Die Tageszeitung\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[Hilberg was] undoubtedly the most important pioneer in the field of perpetrator research, all of whose topics and controversies he anticipated in their essence.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWalter H. Pehle and René Schlott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Anatomy of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Motivations for the Destruction of the Jews\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Bureaucracy of Annihilation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Significance of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Incompleteness in Holocaust Historiography\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bitburg as Symbol\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ghetto as a Form of Government\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Judenrat: Conscious or Unconscious “Tool”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e I Was Not There\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Holocaust Mission: July 29 to August 12, 1979\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e In Search of the Special Trains\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Working on the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Development of Holocaust Research: A Personal Overview\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042555461975,"sku":"9781789203554","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789203554.jpg?v=1750954623","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-anatomy-of-the-holocaust-selected-works-from-a-life-of-scholarship-9781789203554","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}