War and Genocide

Doris L. Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. She has been researching and teaching about the Holocaust for thirty-five years.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Illustrations and Photo CreditsList of MapsIntroduction Holocaust, War, and Genocide Themes and Problems1 Dry Timber Preconditions2 Leadership and Will Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, and Nazi Ideology3 From Revolution to Routine Nazi Germany, 1933–19384 Open Aggression In Search of War, 1938–19395 Brutal Innovations War against Poland and Ghettoization of Jews, 1939–19406 Escalation and Expansion The Program to Kill People with Disabilities and the War in the West, 1939-19417 The War of Annihilation, 1941-19438 Flashover: The Peak Years of Killing Jews, 1942–19439 Death Throes and Killing Frenzies, 1944–1945Conclusion: Legacies of AtrocityIndexAbout the Author

Doris Bergen’s War and Genocide has long served as an excellent introduction to the history of the Holocaust. Clearly and engagingly written, the book combines sweeping historical analysis with insightful stories of how ordinary people experienced these terrible events. This new edition integrates up-to-date research in the field and includes expanded consideration of the Holocaust in comparison with other genocides.