The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies

Andrew N. Koss Religious Studies Review What the book brings instead are useful, intelligent, judicious, and lucidly written summaries of the current scholarly consensus on key issues within the field. The ideal user- I deliberately say user and not reader-is a scholar of some related field, who, for purposes of research or teaching, needs to get a grasp on a particular aspect of the Holocaust without having to master a large body of secondary literature.

K. Hannah Holtschneider, Expository Times a pioneering achievement which sets the standard for future such handbooks by capturing the current major debates of the field in an incisive and insightful way.

Donald G. Schilling, Holocaust and Genocide Studies To capture the current state of the field, the editors invited contributions from Holocaust scholars of the second and third generations - a decision that pays off handsomely ... It should be purchased by every university library in institutions where courses on the Holocaust are taught.

Norman J.W. Goda, Journal of Contemporary History an excellent reference work and more. It contains broad implications for the understanding of genocide as such while emphasizing the Holocausts uniqueness. As important, however, is the Handbooks broad thematic and interdisciplinary approach, which encourages all Holocaust scholars to rethink constantly the paradigmatic and disciplinary barriers that tend to compartmentalize the academic world more generally.

Introduction; I: ENABLERS; 1. Antisemitism; 2. Science; 3. Nationalism; 4. Colonialism; 5. Fascism; 6. World Wars; II: PROTAGONISTS; 7. Hitler and Himmler; 8. Problem-Solvers; 9. Killers; 10. On-Lookers; 11. Rescuers; 12. Jews; 13. Women; 14. Children; 15. Catholics; 16. Protestants; 17. The Allies; 18. Gypsies/Homosexuals/Slavs; III: SETTINGS; 19. Greater Germany; 20. Living Space; 21. Occupied and Satellite States; 22. Ghettos; 23. Labor Sites; 24. Camps; IV: REPRESENTATIONS; 25. German Documents/Diaries; 26. Jews' Diaries/Chronicles; 27. Survivors' Accounts; 28. Literature; 29. Film; 30. Art; 31. Music; 32. Memorials and Museums; V: AFTEREFFECTS; 33. Liberation and Dispersal; 34. Punishment; 35. Plunder and Restitution; 36. Denial; 37. Israel; 38. Jewish Culture; 39. Judaism; 40. Christianity; 41. Germany; 42. Europe; 43. The Social Sciences; 44. The Humanities; 45. Education; 46. Human Rights Law; 47. Ethics; Afterword