Rethinking the Holocaust

Bauer Yehuda

A study of the Holocaust, evaluating accepted views of its history and meaning. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He presents opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to the murderous campaign against them to the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel.

About the Author

Yehuda Bauer is the Academic Adviser of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, and Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies, Hebrew University. He is the author of many books, including "Rethinking the Holocaust" published by Yale University Press.

Reviews

"In this original and compelling book Bauer considers all the major issues of Holocaust historiography. Everything Bauer touches he illuminates" – Michael Berenbaum

"An eye-opening synthesis of the whole historiography of the Shoah... The meat of the book is a brilliant review of vexed issues like Jewish resistance (armed and unarmed), the role of the Judenrate, or Nazi-imposed Jewish Councils, and the plans to rescue Jews by buying their freedom... With the skill of a sleuth and the assiduous patience of a born scholar, Bauer reconstructs the schemes, characters and motives in a spirit of factual inquiry, keen empathy and, of all unlikely things, common sense" – Morris Dickstein, New York Times Book Review

"Bauer is the preeminent student of Jewish resistance and rescue efforts... Bauer's book also reaches beyond issues of rescue, offering a strong introduction to many of the analytic debates on Nazi genocide" – Paul Breines, Washington Post Book World

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