The Nazi Holocaust: Its History and Meaning

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Men in khaki and grey squatting in the trenches, women at work, gender bending in goggles, with overalls on over their trousers. What people wear matters. Well illustrated, this book tells the stories of what people on both sides wore on the front line and on the home front through the seismic years of World War I. Nina Edwards reveals fresh aspects of the war through the prism of the smallest details of personal dress, of clothes, hair and accessories, both in uniform and civilian wear. She explores how, during a period of extraordinary upheaval and rapid change, wearing a certain perfume, say, or the just-so adjustment to the tilt of a hat offer insights into the individual experience of men, women and children during the course of World War I. Cover Author bio Author Title Copyright Dedication Contents Author’s Preface to the Third Edition Author’s Preface to the Second Edition Author’s Preface Additional Reading Half title Introduction 1 The Historical, Educational and Moral Significance of the Holocaust Part 1 The Background and Context 2 Survey of Jewish History: c.300 BC to c.1700 3 The European Jew and the Modern World 4 Nazism and Modern Germany: From National Unification to Hitler’s Accession to Power Part 2 The Holocaust: a History 5 Nazi Germany, 1933-8: Anti-Jewish Policy and Legislation 6 Nazi Europe, 1938-41: From Kristallnacht to Ghettoization in the East 7 The Holocaust, 1941-5: From Dehumanization to Annihilation Part 3 Themes, Issues and Protagonists 8 Perpetrators, Victims and Bystanders 9 The Jewish Question: Public Opinion in Nazi Germany 10 The Aftermath and Impact of the Holocaust Notes Bibliography Appendix A Euphemisms of Death Appendix B Yossel Rakover’s Appeal to God Appendix C The Jewish Question – Excerpts from Hitler’s Writings Appendix D The Programme of the National-Socialist German Workers’ Party Appendix E The Nuremberg Laws Appendix F German Foreign Ministry Memorandum Appendix G Numbers of Jews Murdered in Europe Chronology of the Holocaust (1933 – 45) Glossary of Basic Terms Principal Characters Index Back cover