Lessons of the Holocaust / / Michael R. Marrus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Marrus, Michael R.,
• MitwirkendeR: MacMillan, Margaret,
• TeilnehmendeR: MacMillan, Margaret.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: UTP Insights
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Although difficult to imagine, sixty years ago the Holocaust had practically no visibility in examinations of the Second World War. Yet today it is understood to be not only one of the defining moments of the twentieth century but also a touchstone in a quest for directions on how to avoid such catastrophes.In Lessons of the Holocaust, the distinguished historian Michael R. Marrus challenges the notion that there are definitive lessons to be deduced from the destruction of European Jewry. Instead, drawing on decades of studying, writing about, and teaching the Holocaust, he shows how its “lessons” are constantly challenged, debated, altered, and reinterpreted.A succinct, stimulating analysis by a world-renowned historian, Lessons of the Holocaust is the perfect guide for the general reader to the historical and moral controversies which infuse the interpretation of the Holocaust and its significance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST -- 1. Public Lessons and Personal Lessons -- 2. Historical Lessons -- 3. Early Lessons -- 4. Jewish Lessons -- 5. Israeli Lessons -- 6. Universal Lessons -- 7. Lessons of the Holocaust -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Sources -- Index