| The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 Contributor(s): Friedlander, Saul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060930489 ISBN-13: 9780060930486 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: The enactment of the German extermination policies that resulted in the murder of six million European Jews depended upon many factors, including the cooperation of local authorities and police departments, and the passivity of the populations, primarily of their political and spiritual elites. Necessary also was the victims' willingness to submit, often with the hope of surviving long enough to escape the German vise. "The Years of Extermination," the completion of Saul Friedlander's major historical opus on Nazi Germany and the Jews, explores the convergence of the various aspects of this most systematic and sustained of modern genocides. In this unparalleled work--based on a vast array of documents and an overwhelming choir of voices from diaries, letters, and memoirs--the history of the Holocaust has found its definitive representation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Jewish - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (2.15 lbs) 896 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany |
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| Publisher Description: The enactment of the German extermination policies that resulted in the murder of six million European Jews depended upon many factors, including the cooperation of local authorities and police departments, and the passivity of the populations, primarily of their political and spiritual elites. Necessary also was the victims' willingness to submit, often with the hope of surviving long enough to escape the German vise. The Years of Extermination, the completion of Saul Friedl nder's major historical opus on Nazi Germany and the Jews, explores the convergence of the various aspects of this most systematic and sustained of modern genocides. In this unparalleled work--based on a vast array of documents and an overwhelming choir of voices from diaries, letters, and memoirs--the history of the Holocaust has found its definitive representation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friedlander, Saul: - Born in Prague, Saul Friedländer spent his boyhood in Nazi-occupied France. He is a professor of history at UCLA, and has written numerous books on Nazi Germany and World War II. |