Final Solution

David Cesarani was internationally recognized as one of this generation's leading Jewish and Holocaust scholars. He was research professor in History at Royal Holloway. He was nominated for a Golden Dagger and was a finalist for the US National Jewish Book Award for History in 2009 for Major Farran's Hat. His biography of Adolf Eichmann was winner of the National Jewish Book Award in 2006 and has been translated into a dozen languages. Earlier books include an acclaimed biography of Arthur Koestler and the controversial Justice Delayed, the story of how Britain became a haven for Nazi war criminals after the end of the war. He had extensive broadcasting and print media experience. In 2005 he was awarded an OBE for his work in the establishment of Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK and was a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. He also served on the UK delegation to the International Task Force for Holocaust Remembrance, Education and Research. He died in 2015 and Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 was published posthumously in January 2016.

A brilliant synthesis and interpretation of the greatest crime of the modern era . . . There is so much of value in this harrowing and extraordinary book that it's hard to encompass in a review . . . There are stories here I didn't know and could scarcely have imagined . . . A book that demands to be read and deserves every historical award going.

• Section - i: Maps Section - ii: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements Introduction - iv: Introduction Section - v: Prologue Chapter - One: The First Year 1933 Chapter - Two: Judenpolitik 1937-1938 Chapter - Three: Pogrom 1938-1941 Chapter - Four: War 1939-1941 Chapter - Five: Barbarossa 1941 Chapter - Six: Final Solution 1942 Chapter - Seven: Total War 1943 Chapter - Eight: The Last Phase 1944-1945 Section - vi: Epilogue Section - vii: Conclusion Section - viii: Glossary Section - ix: Bibliography Section - x: Notes Index - xi: Index