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Hitler and the Jews: The Genesis of the Holocaust

by Philippe Burrin

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Burrin offers bold new insights into the web of decisions and events that led eventually to a genocide unprecedented in character and unparalleled in scale.

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Philippe Burrin

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Philippe Burrin is a professor of international history at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Seuil, Points histoire (H190)

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Canonical title*: Hitler et les Juifs. Genèse d'un génocide
Original title: Hitler et les Juifs. Genèse d'un génocide
Original publication date: 1989-09-01 (1e édition originale française ∙ XXe siècle ∙ Seuil) (1e édition originale française ∙ XXe siècle ∙ Seuil); 1995 (Réédition française ∙ Points histoire ∙ Seuil) (Réédition française ∙ Points histoire ∙ Seuil); 2016-03-03 (Réédition française ∙ Points histoire ∙ Seuil) (Réédition française ∙ Points histoire ∙ Seuil)
People/Characters*: Adolf Hitler
Important events*: IIIe Reich allemand (1933 | 1945); Holocauste
Epigraph*: /
Dedication*: à Saul Friedländer
First words*: Introduction

Les convois pleins à craquer qui de toute l’Europe roulaient vers l’Est, l’engloutissement de millions de personnes dans des usines dont la tâche était de fabriquer des cadavres, la récupération... (show all) minutieuse de tout ce qui pouvait avoir usage ou valeur, l’incinération enfin, l’effacement obstiné de la trace d’un passage d’homme… [...]
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L’antisémitisme hitlérien

Hitler occupait une place centrale dans le Troisième Reich et il était un antisémite fanatique. [...]
Original language*: Français

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Languages: 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 8

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Published: 1989
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 940.5318
LCC: D804.3 .B8713

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