The Holocaust: The Basics: The Basics

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Boxes
Preface
1. Introduction: Defining the Holocaust
	Discussion Questions
2. Outlines, Origins, and Consequences
	Overview
	Causes of the Holocaust
	Consequences of the Holocaust
	Discussion Questions
3. Perpetrators of the Holocaust
	Overview
	Propaganda—Conditioning the Population for Genocide
	An Environment of Perpetration
	Who Enabled the Holocaust to Be Carried Out?
	Reserve Police Battalion 101
	Desk Killers
	The Infamous Sisterhood: Women as Perpetrators
	Professionals: The Medical Profession
	Professionals: The Legal Profession
	Collaborators beyond Nazi Germany
	Living in the Grey Zone
	Discussion Questions
4. Jews and Other Victims
	Overview
	The Jewish Question
	The National Socialist Program
	A
Range of Victims
	The T4 Euthanasia Program
	Extension of the War
	Roma and Sinti
	Homosexuals
	Jehovah’s Witnesses
	Slavic Peoples
	Discussion Questions
5. Rescue from the Third Reich and the Holocaust
	Overview
	Righteous among the Nations
	Two of the Righteous
	The Evian Conference
	The Kindertransport
	Central Office for Jewish Emigration
	Bystanders and Upstanders
	Perpetrators as Rescuers
	International Reactions during the War Years
	Discussion Questions
6. Resistance during the Holocaust
	Overview
	Partisans during the Holocaust
	A
Celebrated Case: The Bielski Partisans
	Two French Movements: The Armée Juive and the MJS
	Other Forms of Resistance
	The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
	The Camp Revolts
	Discussion Questions
7. Ending the Holocaust
	Overview
	The Liberation of the Camps
	Bergen-Belsen: ACase Study
	After Liberation: The Displaced Persons’ Camps
	The Nuremberg Trials
	The “Crime without a
Name” Gets Its Name
	Discussion Questions
8. Survivors Reflect on the Holocaust
	Overview
	The Urge to Survive
	Survival and Luck
	Freedom
	Revenge
	Religious Belief
	The Human Condition
	Discussion Questions
9. Conclusion: Holocaust Memory and the Future
	Overview
	Memorials and Museums
	Literature and Film of the Holocaust
	Generations of the Holocaust
	Discussion Questions
Glossary
Chronology
Bibliography
Index