Perpetrators Victims Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe, 1933-1945
by Raul Hilberg
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"Raul Hilberg is the most widely respected historian of the Holocaust. (His monumental three-volume The Destruction of the European Jews is recognized as the definitive work on the subject.) In this new book, the fruit of a lifetime's research and reflection, he carries the reader along with the narrative flow of the best fiction. Perpetrators Victims Bystanders is truth, but like a novel, it focuses on people - people in all three categories of the title. We learn who they were and what show more they did and did not do. And what was done to them. The calm with which the author describes the most appalling events and the most terrible ironies is uncanny. He never raises his voice, never embroiders language, never strives for effect. He merely tells these stories that must be told, in one unflinchingly pure, clear sentence after another. Hilberg cannot, of course, cover everyone or everything, but all readers of this book, no matter how much or how little knowledge they may bring to it, will come away with an enhanced understanding of how this great human catastrophe happened - and with an unforgettable experience."--Jacket. show lessTags
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This is the story of the people who caused, carried out, experienced, survived and witnessed the Holocaust. Focusing on the people who fell into the three categories of the title, it reveals who they were, what they did or did not do, and what was done to them. In the factual narrative which reads like a novel, the author relates individual stories, appalling events and terrible ironies. Raul Hilberg has also written "The Destruction of the European Jews".
Otra visión del problema judío. El autor analiza la actuación de cada uno de los grupos que el propio título señala. Me ha parecido muy interesante el capítulo de los testigos, cual fue el papel de los aliados y el de las Iglesias. En este último apartado el de la iglesia Católica y el papel de Pío XII.
Feb 24, 2024Spanish
Knappe dwarsdoorsnede van de jodenvervolging, bekeken vanuit verschillende invalshoeken. Beklijvend, maar ongelijk
Jun 10, 2010Dutch
L'Autore ha distillato in questo libro i risultati di decenni di ricerca e di riflessione. Il suo intento è quello di evocare le vite di coloro che parteciparono – in qualità di carnefici, vittime o semplici spettatori – ad una tragedia collettiva. (fonte: Google Books)
Apr 26, 2020Italian
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Raul Hilberg is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Vermont.
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 940.5318 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1918- World War II, 1939-1945 Social, political, economic history; Holocaust Holocaust
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- D804.3 .H56 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) World War II (1939-1945)
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