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“A forceful blend of narrative and conclusion . . . a clarification of modern history’s most horrifying passages” — The New York Times “So much has been written that it might seem little is left to be said . . . Dawidowicz proves otherwise” — Los Angeles Times Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915–1990) was born in New York City, and attended Hunter College for her bachelor’s degree and Columbia University for her master’s. She traveled to Poland to work at the Yiddish Scientific Institute in 1938, but fled just before Hitler’s invasion in 1939. After returning to the United States, she taught modern Jewish history at Yeshiva University, Stanford University, and SUNY Albany. Dawidowicz died in 1990 in her home in New York City. Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awful chapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling and comprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowicz's classic tells the complete story of the Nazi Holocaust--from the insidious evolution of German Anti-Semitism to the ultimate tragedy of the Final Solution. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- A history of how anti-Semitism evolved into the Holocaust in Germany: “If any book can tell what Hitlerism was like, this is it” (Alfred Kazin).
- Lucy Dawidowicz’s groundbreaking
- The War Against the Jews
- inspired waves of both acclaim and controversy upon its release in 1975. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was, to the Nazis, as central a war goal as conquering Europe, and was made possible by a combination of political, social, and technological factors. She explores the full history of Hitler’s “Final Solution,” from the rise of anti-Semitism to the creation of Jewish ghettos to the brutal tactics of mass murder employed by the Nazis. Written with devastating detail,
- The War Against the Jews
- is the definitive and comprehensive book on one of history’s darkest chapters.
