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A History of the Holocaust (Single Title Social Studies)
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Yehuda Bauer |
Recent history has rendered the word holocaust -- strictly defined as wholesale destruction and loss of life, especially by fire -- much more specific and horrifying: the willful devastation of the J… |
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Where the Jews aren't
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Masha Gessen |
"The story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia as told through the strange history of the Soviet solution to the Jewish question. In 1929, the Soviet Union declared the area of Birobidzhan a home… |
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Human Smoke
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Nicholson Baker |
With original and controversial insights brought about by meticulous research, 'Human Smoke' re-evaluates the political turning points that led up to the Second World War, and in so doing challenges … |
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Between dignity and despair
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Marion A. Kaplan |
Between Dignity and Despair draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us the first intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. This de… |
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The Pity of It All
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Amos Elon |
"As it's usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in Hitler's Reich. Now, in this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon takes us back to th… |
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Portraits of Our Past
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Emily C. Rose |
"Author Emily Rose grew up looking at two large oil portraits hanging above the fireplace mantel in her grandfather's home in New York City. Her Jewish ancestors had immigrated to America from German… |
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Jewish Baby Boomers
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Chaim I. Waxman |
"This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obta… |
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