Witness to History

Witness to History untangles the complex and tragic history of the Holocaust, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of the unique nature of the tragedy Meticulously researched and carefully structured text enables the reader to gain an understanding of Holocaust history, the concomitant development of the Nazi ideology and regime, and its impact on Jewish individuals and communities. The book illuminates the response—heroic, indifferent, or collaborationist—of individuals, communities, and governments to the unfolding genocide. In particular, the textbook highlights the unique wartime experiences of religious and Sephardic Jews of varying affiliations, communities that have received little coverage in Holocaust scholarship. A wide range of photographs, visual aids, and maps brings the sweep of history—and the survivors and victims, heroes and perpetrators—to life. Yet Witness to History is more than a history book. It is a story of the Jewish spirit, the human spirit, of incomprehensible loss, and finally, triumphantly, of rebirth.