ABSTRACT

This book details the history of the Jews, their two-millennia-old struggle with a larger Christian world, and the historical anti-Semitism that created the environment that helped pave the way for the Holocaust. It helps students develop the interpretative skills in the fields of history and law.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|36 pages

Jewish History

Ancient Beginnings and the Evolution of Christian Anti-Judaic Prejudice Through the Reformation

chapter 3|26 pages

The World of Adolf Hitler, 1889–1933

War, Politics, and Anti-Semitism

chapter 4|44 pages

The Nazis in Power, 1933–1939

Eugenics, Race, and Biology; Jews, the Handicapped, and the Roma

chapter 5|42 pages

Nazi Germany at War, 1939–1941

“Euthanasia” and the Handicapped; Ghettos and Jews

chapter 7|58 pages

The “Final Solution,” 1941–1944

Death Camps and Experiments with Mass Murder

chapter 9|44 pages

The Holocaust and the Role of Europe’s Neutrals

Then and Now

chapter 10|60 pages

Liberation, DPs, and the Search for Justice

War Crimes Investigations and Trials in Europe, the United States, and Israel