Lessons and legacies

• Theodore Zev Weiss

• Foreword

• Introduction

• Opening Remarks: The Discovery of the Holocaust

• I
• Themes

• The "Final Solution": On the Unease in Historical Interpretation

• Holocaust and Genocide: Some Comparisons

• Ideology, State Power, and Mass Murder/Genocide

• The History of Evil and the Future of the Holocaust

• The Use and Misuse of the Holocaust

• After the Catastrophe: Aspects of Contemporary Jewry

• II
• Deeds

• The Reaction of the German Population to the Anti-Jewish Persecution and the Holocaust

• Genocide and Eugenics: The Language of Power

• "A Monstrous Uneasiness": Citizen Participation and Persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany

• One Day in Jozefow: Initiation to Mass Murder

• Helping Behavior and Rescue During the Holocaust

• III
• Encounters

• Redefining Heroic Behavior: The Impromptu Self and the Holocaust Experience

• Popularization and Memory: The Case of Anne Frank

• Israel's Memorial Landscape: Sho'ah, Heroism, and National Redemption

• Early Warning: Detecting Potentially Genocidal Movements

• Tellers and Listeners: The Impact of Holocaust Narratives

• Closing Remarks

• Notes on the Contributors

• Notes