The Holocaust: A German Historian Examines the Genocide

Wolfgang Benz

Paper, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11215-4
$26.00 / £15.50

March, 1999
Cloth, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11214-7
$83.50

"An example of superb analysis." — Das Sonntagsblatt

"A good, short history of the Holocaust." — Neue Zürcher Zeitung

"In less than 200 pages, Benz has written a comprehensive history of this horror. . . . This extraordinary book is a notable addition to the growing body of Holocaust literature." — George Cohen, Booklist

"This will be an essay of choice for anyone wishing a sophisticated description of the major aspects of the genocide of the Jews." — Deborah E. Lipstadt, Washington Post

"By detailing the events that led Jews to be stripped of their rights, resettled in ghettos and deported to the killing centers, Benz's work provides and indisputable record of the Nazi genocide." — Hadassah Magazine

"[T]he book pulls no punches, is well written, and is thorough in its presentation." — Samuel Totten, Canadian Social Studies Book Review

Related Subjects

• European History

About the Author

Wolfgang Benz is professor of antisemitism research at the Technical University of Berlin. He has written numerous studies on the history of the Jews during the Third Reich, including The Jews of Germany, 1933-1945 and Dimension des Völkermords (Dimension of Genocide). Arthur Hertzberg is professor of Jewish Studies at New York University. He is the author of The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History (Columbia) and The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader.

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