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In this collection of essays, Christopher R. Browning explores the evolution of Holocaust historiography and illustrates key research trends. He begins with traditional studies on history “from above” and then shifts his attention to more granular history “from below,” examining the Holocaust at the village level and through the biographies of relatively unknown men who participated in quite different ways. And finally he examines how a Holocaust historian became involved in current events, refuting Holocaust denial in the courtroom and providing contextualized insight into the present challenge to American democracy. Taken together, these essays highlight the shifting focus in Holocaust scholarship from Germany to Eastern Europe, policy-making to implementation, leaders to participants, and perpetrators to victims.
Christopher R. Browning was the Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999-2014) and Distinguished Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University (1974-1999). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of three Jewish National Books Awards for the Holocaust category for Ordinary Men (1992), The Origins of the Final Solution (2004), and Remembering Survival (2010). He gave the George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures at Cambridge University and the George Mosse Lectures at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Development of Holocaust Research
Chapter 1. Hitler, Antisemitism, and the Final Solution
Chapter 2. Yehuda Bauer, the concepts of Holocaust and Genocide, and the Issue of Settler Colonialism
Chapter 3. Survivor Memories, Ethnic Stereotypes, and the Complexity of Experience: In the Factory Slave Labor Camps of Starachowice
Chapter 4. Judenjagd: The Final Phase of the Final Solution in Poland
Chapter 5. The Holocaust in Marcinkance: In the Light of Two Unusual Documents
Chapter 6. Marcinkance Revisited in Light of New Evidence
Chapter 7. Musicology and Biography: The Case of Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht
Chapter 8. Wilhelm Melchers: A Diplomatic Paradox
Chapter 9. From Humanitarian Relief to Holocaust Rescue: Tracy Strong Jr., Vichy Internment Camps, and the Maison des Roches in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Chapter 10. Law, History, and Holocaust Denial in the Courtroom: The Zündel and Irving Cases
Chapter 11. Historical Insight and Current Events
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Index