Understanding the Holocaust
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- ISBN: 9781449869458
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 sound file (ca. 8 hr.) : digital. - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2006.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from title screen (viewed April 27, 2011). "14 lectures." |
Formatted Contents Note: | What is "The Holocaust" and what can be learned from studying its history? -- The origins of a murderous idea -- Why Germany? -- From idea to action: the twisted road to Auschwitz -- Facing persecution -- The ghetto regime -- Killing begins -- Organizing death -- German successes and failures -- Fighting death: the problem of consciousness -- Strategies for living and dying -- Their brothers' keepers? -- While six million died -- The Holocaust and the modern condition. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecture given by David Engel. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA. |
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Subject: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 |
Genre: | Downloadable audio books. |
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In Understanding the Holocaust, Professor David Engel of New York University examines the encounter between Germany's Third Reich and the Jews of the twenty European countries that fell under Nazi domination between 1933 and 1945.
The results of this encounter stretch human comprehension to the limit and raise frightening questions about the human condition. When it was over, two-thirds of Europe's Jews, some 5.8 million people, had died-and their deaths had occurred amid the most gruesome of circumstances.
Engel explores the reasons behind the Holocaust and attempts to enter into the minds of the participants. From the origins of the idea behind the killing campaign to the notions of modernity that many blame for creating the possibility for such a happening, Engel offers an illuminating analysis of the twentieth century's great tragedy.