Holocaustul

Dan Stone traces the murder of Europe's Jews during World War II. He looks at the rise of hatred toward Jews before the war. He also covers attacks on them in those years. He tells how camp inmates gained their freedom. He shows how people remember the genocide, or mass killing.

Stone writes this history for general readers. He looks beyond the death camps and questions common views. He explores parts of the past that get less notice. He argues that Germany and the Nazis do not bear all the blame. State staff and ordinary people in other lands chose to take part. Some helped to oppress Jews; others took part in mass murder. Stone gives many examples of their roles.

He uses records from the Nazis, the Allies, and their foes. He draws on diaries and accounts people gave after the war. He says we need to grasp this past. He links that need to today's rise in nationalism and fear of outsiders.

Florin Lobonț and Laura Gheorghiu translated this edition.