{"product_id":"the-coming-of-the-holocaust-from-antisemitism-to-genocide-paperback-9781107636842","title":"The Coming of the Holocaust; From Antisemitism to Genocide (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107636842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Coming of the Holocaust\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Antisemitism to Genocide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Coming of the Holocaust aims to help readers understand the circumstances that made the Holocaust possible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Kenez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107636842, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e313 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This work by a veteran historian is a helpful addition to the field of Holocaust studies.' The Russian Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Coming of the Holocaust aims to help readers understand the circumstances that made the Holocaust possible. Peter Kenez demonstrates that the occurrence of the Holocaust was not predetermined as a result of modern history but instead was the result of contingencies. He shows that three preconditions had to exist for the genocide to take place: modern anti-Semitism, meaning Jews had to become economically and culturally successful in the post-French Revolution world to arouse fear rather than contempt; an extremist group possessing a deeply held, irrational, and profoundly inhumane worldview had to take control of the machinery of a powerful modern state; and the context of a major war with mass killings. The book also discusses the correlations between social and historical differences in individual countries regarding the success of the Germans in their effort to exterminate Jews.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism: 1. French Jews\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jews of the Russian empire and of the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hungarian Jews\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The National Socialists Take Control of the German State Machinery: 4. National socialism and Jews\u003cbr\u003e 5. Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e 6. What to do with the Jews?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. War: 7. Ghettos in Poland, 1939–41\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Holocaust in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Romanian Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 10. Germany, 1942\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Holocaust in Western Europe\u003cbr\u003e 12. The last island: Hungary\u003cbr\u003e 13. Extermination camps\u003cbr\u003e 14. Afterthoughts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909215478040,"sku":"9781107636842","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107636842i_fef76365-b442-4276-9c8a-2ad6fdbcc0ea.jpg?v=1696780965","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-coming-of-the-holocaust-from-antisemitism-to-genocide-paperback-9781107636842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}