Holocaust Historiography A Jewish

While historical research on the Holocaust has been growing constantly, and has in the last few decades almost exploded, the perspective of the targeted group - the Jews - as an active player in the historical arena of the Holocaust, a player with its own

Dan Michman is professor of Modern Jewish History and chairman of the Institutes of Holocaust Research and of Research on Diaspora Jewry in Modern Times at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Introduction

1

(8)

Part I: `The Holocaust'

`The Holocaust' in the Eyes of Historians: The Problem of Conceptualization, Periodization, and Explanation

9

(50)

Appendix: Historians of the 1990s

41

(18)

The Jewish Dimension of the Holocaust: The Context of Modern Jewish History

59

(32)

Part II: The `Final Solution'

The 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question', its Emergence and Implementation: The State of Research and its Implications for other Issues in Holocaust Research

91

(38)

Part III: Fascism and National-Socialism

What Distinguishes Fascism from Nazism?: Dutch Fascism before and during the Holocaust as a Test Case

129

(19)

Italian Fascism and the Jewish Fate in the Holocaust: Additional Remarks on the Difference between Fascism and Nazism

148

(11)

Part IV: Judenrat

Jewish 'Headships' under Nazi Rule: The Evolution and Implementation of an Administrative Concept

159

(20)

Part V: Relief, Rescue, Foresight

Elucidation of the Concept of 'Rescue during the Holocaust'

179

(26)

Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky: The 'Evacuation Plan' and the Problem of Foreseeing the Holocaust

205

(12)

Appendix: Jabotinsky's Cable in the Wake of Kristallnacht

212

(5)

Part VI: Resistance

Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust and its Significance: Theoretical Observations

217

(34)

Part VII: Religious Jewry and the Jewish Religion

Jewish Religious Life under Nazi Domination: Nazi Attitudes and Jewish Problems

251

(19)

Daily Life of the Religious Jew under Holocaust Conditions

270

(15)

`In Faithfulness Thou Hast Afflicted Me' (Psalms 119:75): Remarks on Trends in Religious Faith during the Holocaust

285

(18)

Part VIII: Holocaust and Rebirth

The Causal Relationship between the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel: Historiography between Myth and Reality

303

(32)

Appendix: On the Definition of 'She'erit Hapletah'

329

(6)

Part IX: Holocaust Historiography: History and Problems

Research on the Holocaust: A History of the Discipline from a Bird's-Eye View

335

(22)

One Theme, Multiple Voices: Language and Culture in Holocaust Research

357

(32)

Research on 'Zionism vis-a-vis the Holocaust': Polemics, Problems and Terminology

389

(28)

Index

417

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