Hitler and the Holocaust

This was not the book I was hoping for from the title; instead, it's an overview of the Holocaust, including a discussion of collaboration and resistance in the various occupied and Nazi-allied countries (that part was helpful to me, especially with regard to Italy). As such, it's probably a good in......more

Good overview of the history and especially good at highlighting the different situations in various places in Europe. I was unaware of the complexity and variety of responses/collaboration among various Eastern European countries. I’m not sure that I buy the part of his thesis that tries to pain Hi......more

Me gustó sin embargo no es un libro imparcial, es un libro de un historiador judio que desde luego tiene una visión subjetiva, se pregunta y no se contesta porque la Europa del 1900 tenía el estereotipo tan arraigado del judio acaudalado, agiotista y hasta desligado de la sociedad; muestra al contra......more

No matter how many books on holocaust I read, it just never ceases to shock me - the level of cruelty humans are capable of - not just inflicting on other humans - but also of allowing it to happen and looking the other way... Sometimes I can almost understand holocaust deniers, I would also like to......more

A,concise and flawed overview Wistrich adds little to the volumes which have been written about the Holocaust. While there are a few pertinent observations, they are few and far between. The idea that the Holocaust is somehow an outgrowth of Christian millenariasm is not supported. There is fertile g......more