The holocaust in history

• List of Maps
• p. ix

• Preface
• p. xi

• 1
• Introduction
• p. 1

• 2
• The Holocaust in Perspective
• p. 8

• The Centrality of Antisemitism
• p. 9

• Hitler's Antisemitism
• p. 13

• The Uniqueness of the Holocaust
• p. 18

• Toward Mass Murder
• p. 25

• 3
• The Final Solution
• p. 31

• Intentionalists: The Straight Path
• p. 34

• Functionalists: The Twisted Road
• p. 40

• Functionaries of the Final Solution
• p. 46

• Aspects of Nazi Population Policy
• p. 51

• 4
• Germany's Allies, Vanquished States, and Collaborationist Governments
• p. 55

• Eastern Europe: The Final Solution in the German Lebensraum
• p. 58

• Western and Central Europe: Murder Improvised
• p. 65

• 5
• Public Opinion in Nazi Europe
• p. 84

• Germans
• p. 85

• East Europeans
• p. 94

• West Europeans
• p. 101

• Support for Jews
• p. 103

• 6
• The Victims
• p. 108

• East European Ghettos
• p. 113

• Central and West European Jewry
• p. 122

• The Camps
• p. 126

• 7
• Jewish Resistance
• p. 133

• Dilemmas and Objectives of Jewish Resistance
• p. 134

• Ghettos, Forests, and Camps in Eastern Europe
• p. 141

• Slovakia and Hungary: Rescue as Resistance
• p. 148

• Western Europe: Jewish Affirmation
• p. 151

• 8
• Bystanders
• p. 156

• What Was Known?
• p. 157

• Unwanted Refugees
• p. 164

• Jewish Communities
• p. 168

• The Soviet Union
• p. 173

• Neutrals
• p. 176

• The Catholic Church
• p. 179

• 9
• The End of the Holocaust
• p. 184

• Ransom Negotiations
• p. 185

• Other Rescue Options
• p. 192

• The Death Marches and Liberation
• p. 196

• Conclusion
• p. 199

• Notes
• p. 203

• Suggestions for Further Reading
• p. 247

• Index
• p. 257