Daily Life During the Holocaust, 2nd Edition
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Soumerai, Eve and Schulz, Carol. Daily Life During the Holocaust, 2nd Edition. 2, Greenwood, 2009. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313353093.
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The Holocaust—one of the most horrific examples of man's inhumanity to man in recorded history—resulted in the genocide of millions of people, most of them Jews. This volume explores the daily lives of the Holocaust victims and their heroic efforts to maintain a normal existence under inhumane conditions. Readers will learn about the effects of pogroms, Jewish ghettoes, Nazi rule, and deportation on everyday tasks like going to school, practicing religion, or eating dinner. Chapters on life in the concentration camps describe the incomprehensible conditions that plagued the inmates and the ways in which they managed to survive. Soumerai, a survivor herself, offers a unique perspective on the events. Coverage also includes accounts of resistance and the role of rescuers. Four new chapters explore current human rights abuses, including Holocaust denials, modern genocide, and human trafficking, enabling readers to contrast present and past events. In addition to a timeline, a glossary, and engaging illustrations, the second edition also features an extensive bibliography and resource center that guides student researchers toward web sites, organizations, films, and books on the Holocaust and other human rights abuses.
Primary source testimonies from survivors provide powerful insight into the devastating effects of Nazi rule on people's lives. Soumerai, a survivor herself, offers a unique perspective on the events and insight into the persecution of non-Jews: Gypsies, gays, clergy who protested or protected victims, Communists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the mentally ill and handicapped. Readers will explore the effects of pogroms, Jewish ghettoes, Nazi rule, and deportation on everyday tasks like going to school, practicing religion, or eating dinner. Chapters on life in the concentration camps describe the incomprehensible conditions within the camps, including the ways in which inmates managed to survive: avoiding the infirmary, rationing food, utilizing the market system to trade for goods and clothing. Four new chapters shed a modern light on the events of the Holocaust, exploring human rights abuses that continue even today, including Holocaust Denials; genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Sudan; and child slavery and human trafficking. The new material allows readers to compare and contrast present and past human rights abuses, exploring what lessons we have learned, if any, from the Holocaust. An expanded bibliography and resource center guides readers toward related web sites, organizations, films and books related to the Holocaust, modern-day slavery and genocide, child soldiers, and related human rights topics. Illustrations, a timeline of events and a glossary of terms are also included, making this a comprehensive resource for student researchers.
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"The second edition of this textbook on the Holocaust has been expanded to include discussions on recent genocides in Darfur and Rwanda, anecdotal accounts concerning post-Holocaust atrocities and an analysis of why these types of abuses still occur. Soumerai, an author and Holocaust survivor, has joined with Schulz, a high school English and history teacher, to provide a thorough survey for students and scholars that traces the planning and execution of "The Final Solution." The authors include an insider's view of deportation and ghettoization, the death marches, life inside the concentration camps such as Auschwitz, liberation and the Nuremberg Trials." - Reference & Research Book News
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Table of Contents
Daily Life During the Holocaust, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Soumerai, Eve; Schulz, Carol;Contributors: Soumerai, Eve; Schulz, Carol;Abstract:The Holocaust—one of the most horrific examples of man's inhumanity to man in recorded history—resulted in the genocide of millions of people, most of them Jews. This volume explores the daily lives of the Holocaust victims and their heroic efforts to maintain a normal existence under inhumane conditions. Readers will learn about the effects of pogroms, Jewish ghettoes, Nazi rule, and deportation on everyday tasks like going to school, practicing religion, or eating dinner. Chapters on life in the concentration camps describe the incomprehensible conditions that plagued the inmates and the ways in which they managed to survive. Soumerai, a survivor herself, offers a unique perspective on the events. Coverage also includes accounts of resistance and the role of rescuers. Four new chapters explore current human rights abuses, including Holocaust denials, modern genocide, and human trafficking, enabling readers to contrast present and past events. In addition to a timeline, a glossary, and engaging illustrations, the second edition also features an extensive bibliography and resource center that guides student researchers toward web sites, organizations, films, and books on the Holocaust and other human rights abuses.
Primary source testimonies from survivors provide powerful insight into the devastating effects of Nazi rule on people's lives. Soumerai, a survivor herself, offers a unique perspective on the events and insight into the persecution of non-Jews: Gypsies, gays, clergy who protested or protected victims, Communists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the mentally ill and handicapped. Readers will explore the effects of pogroms, Jewish ghettoes, Nazi rule, and deportation on everyday tasks like going to school, practicing religion, or eating dinner. Chapters on life in the concentration camps describe the incomprehensible conditions within the camps, including the ways in which inmates managed to survive: avoiding the infirmary, rationing food, utilizing the market system to trade for goods and clothing. Four new chapters shed a modern light on the events of the Holocaust, exploring human rights abuses that continue even today, including Holocaust Denials; genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Sudan; and child slavery and human trafficking. The new material allows readers to compare and contrast present and past human rights abuses, exploring what lessons we have learned, if any, from the Holocaust. An expanded bibliography and resource center guides readers toward related web sites, organizations, films and books related to the Holocaust, modern-day slavery and genocide, child soldiers, and related human rights topics. Illustrations, a timeline of events and a glossary of terms are also included, making this a comprehensive resource for student researchers.
SortTitle: daily life during the holocaust, 2nd editionEdition: 2Author Info:Eve Nussbaum SoumeraiauthorCarol D. SchulzauthoreISBN-13: 9780313353093Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313353093.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313353086Entry Code: EGR5308Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 376Publication Date: 20090430Series: Daily Life- Cover Cover11
- Contents ix10
- Preface to the Second Edition xi12
- Preface xiii14
- Acknowledgments xv16
- Coauthor’s Note xvii18
- Prologue xix20
- Timeline xxi22
- 1. Man’s Inhumanity to Man: A Short Historical Background 128
- 2. Setting the National Socialist (Nazi) Stage 1542
- 3. The Total Nazification of Germany 2754
- 4. The Changing Lives of Jews 5380
- 5. Prologue to World War II 6592
- 6. World War II Begins 73100
- 7. Moving into the Ghettos 85112
- 8. Life in the Ghettos of Poland 91118
- 9. Coping with Life in a “Concentration” World 103130
- 10. Einsatzgruppen in the East 113140
- 11. The Wannsee Conference: Planning the “Final Solution” 127154
- 12. The “Final Solution”: The Plan 133160
- 13. Deportation and the Behavior of Jewish Leadership 139166
- 14. The Roundups 145172
- 15. Deportations: Country by Country 155182
- 16. The Terrifying Journey to the East 165192
- 17. Auschwitz 171198
- 18. Life in the Lunatic World of the Concentration Camps 181208
- 19. The Cover-up 197224
- 20. The Death Marches 203230
- 21. Resistance 213240
- 22. The Lives of the Rescuers and the Rescued 227254
- 23. Liberation 261288
- 24. The Nuremberg Trials 267294
- 25. Aftermath 281308
- 26. Denying History 289316
- 27. Genocide Continues: Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan 295322
- 28. The Twenty-first Century: Modern Slavery in a Global Economy 309336
- 29. Child Soldiers in the Modern Army 319346
- Epilogue 329356
- Appendix: Searching for Answers through Tribute Celebrations 331358
- Glossary 335362
- Selected Bibliography and Resource Center 341368
- Index 345372