Raul Hilberg (1926-2007) was the founding scholar of Holocaust studies in the United States and the author of numerous publications, including the classic The Destruction of the European Jews. He taught political science at the University of Vermont from 1955 to 1991.

• IntroductionWalter H. Pehle and René SchlottChapter 1. The Anatomy of the HolocaustChapter 2. German Motivations for the Destruction of the JewsChapter 3. The Bureaucracy of AnnihilationChapter 4. The Significance of the HolocaustChapter 5. Incompleteness in Holocaust HistoriographyChapter 6. Bitburg as SymbolChapter 7. The Ghetto as a Form of GovernmentChapter 8. The Judenrat: Conscious or Unconscious “Tool”Chapter 9. I Was Not ThereChapter 10. The Holocaust Mission: July 29 to August 12, 1979Chapter 11. In Search of the Special TrainsChapter 12. Working on the HolocaustChapter 13. The Development of Holocaust Research: A Personal OverviewIndex

“This book is written in a concise and factual narrative style, with an absence of any judgement or emotion…I would recommend this book to both Holocaust historians and general readers alike. The breadth and depth of Hilberg’s research and his particular insights have not yet been surpassed by any other Holocaust scholar.” • Jewish Libraries News & Reviews“With this compilation of essays and recollections, we […] once again come to know Hilberg as an immensely productive, curious and innovative historian.” • Süddeutsche Zeitung“A volume of great humanity.” • Die Tageszeitung“[Hilberg was] undoubtedly the most important pioneer in the field of perpetrator research, all of whose topics and controversies he anticipated in their essence.” • H-Soz-Kult

Raul Hilberg (1926-2007) was the founding scholar of Holocaust studies in the United States and the author of numerous publications, including the classic The Destruction of the European Jews. He taught political science at the University of Vermont from 1955 to 1991.

• IntroductionWalter H. Pehle and René SchlottChapter 1. The Anatomy of the HolocaustChapter 2. German Motivations for the Destruction of the JewsChapter 3. The Bureaucracy of AnnihilationChapter 4. The Significance of the HolocaustChapter 5. Incompleteness in Holocaust HistoriographyChapter 6. Bitburg as SymbolChapter 7. The Ghetto as a Form of GovernmentChapter 8. The Judenrat: Conscious or Unconscious “Tool”Chapter 9. I Was Not ThereChapter 10. The Holocaust Mission: July 29 to August 12, 1979Chapter 11. In Search of the Special TrainsChapter 12. Working on the HolocaustChapter 13. The Development of Holocaust Research: A Personal OverviewIndex

“This book is written in a concise and factual narrative style, with an absence of any judgement or emotion…I would recommend this book to both Holocaust historians and general readers alike. The breadth and depth of Hilberg’s research and his particular insights have not yet been surpassed by any other Holocaust scholar.” • Jewish Libraries News & Reviews“With this compilation of essays and recollections, we […] once again come to know Hilberg as an immensely productive, curious and innovative historian.” • Süddeutsche Zeitung“A volume of great humanity.” • Die Tageszeitung“[Hilberg was] undoubtedly the most important pioneer in the field of perpetrator research, all of whose topics and controversies he anticipated in their essence.” • H-Soz-Kult

Raul Hilberg (1926-2007) was the founding scholar of Holocaust studies in the United States and the author of numerous publications, including the classic The Destruction of the European Jews. He taught political science at the University of Vermont from 1955 to 1991.

• IntroductionWalter H. Pehle and René SchlottChapter 1. The Anatomy of the HolocaustChapter 2. German Motivations for the Destruction of the JewsChapter 3. The Bureaucracy of AnnihilationChapter 4. The Significance of the HolocaustChapter 5. Incompleteness in Holocaust HistoriographyChapter 6. Bitburg as SymbolChapter 7. The Ghetto as a Form of GovernmentChapter 8. The Judenrat: Conscious or Unconscious “Tool”Chapter 9. I Was Not ThereChapter 10. The Holocaust Mission: July 29 to August 12, 1979Chapter 11. In Search of the Special TrainsChapter 12. Working on the HolocaustChapter 13. The Development of Holocaust Research: A Personal OverviewIndex

“This book is written in a concise and factual narrative style, with an absence of any judgement or emotion…I would recommend this book to both Holocaust historians and general readers alike. The breadth and depth of Hilberg’s research and his particular insights have not yet been surpassed by any other Holocaust scholar.” • Jewish Libraries News & Reviews“With this compilation of essays and recollections, we […] once again come to know Hilberg as an immensely productive, curious and innovative historian.” • Süddeutsche Zeitung“A volume of great humanity.” • Die Tageszeitung“[Hilberg was] undoubtedly the most important pioneer in the field of perpetrator research, all of whose topics and controversies he anticipated in their essence.” • H-Soz-Kult