Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz était une historienne américaine qui s'est concentrée sur l'histoire juive moderne, en particulier sur l'Holocauste. Ses premiers intérêts pour la poésie et la littérature se sont transformés en un engagement profond envers l'histoire en raison des événements en Europe. Influencée par l'époque et son mentor, elle s'est consacrée à l'histoire juive, a appris le yiddish et a travaillé au YIVO à Wilna. Ses expériences personnelles avec l'antisémitisme en Pologne et son travail ultérieur avec des survivants de l'Holocauste ont profondément façonné ses perspectives sur les relations polono-juives et la destruction du judaïsme d'Europe de l'Est.
Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awful chapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling and comprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowicz’s classic tells the complete story of the Nazi Holocaust – from the insidious evolution of German anti-Jewish sentiment to the ultimate tragedy of the Final Solution.
The systematic destruction of Jews, carried out by the German state under Adolf Hitler during the Second World War, is still almost impossible to comprehend. This book examines how it was possible for a modern state to carry out systematic murder of a whole people, detailing Hitler's ideology, anti-Jewish legislation and the annihilation camps.
The author recounts her efforts after World War II to help Jewish survivors and search for the remnants of Yiddish learning
Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awful chapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling and comprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowicz’s classic tells the complete story of the Nazi Holocaust–from the insidious evolution of German Anti-Semitism to the ultimate tragedy of the Final Solution.
"The War Against the Jews" by Lucy S. Dawidowicz offers a comprehensive and chilling account of the Holocaust, detailing the rise of German Anti-Semitism and the tragic Final Solution. This seminal work combines high scholarship with profound moral insights, making it a significant contribution to the understanding of this dark chapter in history.
The author opens by providing an overview which highlights the tragic magnitude of the Holocaust. she examines the historical studies written on the Holocaust emphasizing the insufficient recording of the period by historians
What is the use of Jewish history? Of history in general, for that matter? When one of the best-known Jewish historians asks this question at the end of a long career, we can be sure of an answer that is profound, passionate, and personal.Lucy Dawidowicz raised an original and deeply influential voice concerning the writing of Holocaust history. After the publication of her ground-breaking and best-selling history of the Nazi genocide, The War Against the Jews, in 1975, she continued to write numerous essays and articles countering the arguments of revisionist historians, as well as the charges of Jewish passivity and American complacency during the Holocaust.This posthumous collection of Dawidowicz's essays presents her published articles on contemporary uses and misuses of the Holocaust, as well as material relating to her last work-in-progress, a major history of American Jews. A testament to the historian's craft by one of its great practitioners, it will inspire all those who see in the writing of history a primary vehicle for the presentation of culture. Edited and with a luminous introduction by Neal Kozodoy, this volume brings to us Lucy Dawidowicz's sure and guiding voice.
A collection of documents from the 16th century to 1939, demonstrating the changes in Jewish life and thought in Eastern Europe, which includes writings by Bergson, Chagall, Weizmann and Trotsky.
