Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland, and the Soviet Union

by Yitzhak Arad (Editor), Steven T. Katz (Illustrator), Yisrael Gutman (Editor)

These 213 documents on the theory, planning, and execution of, and reaction and resistance to, the Nazi plan to exterminate European Jews date from the 1920s through the closing days of World War II and focus on the experience of eastern Europe.

 

The crystallization of the principles of Nazi anti-Semitism, the policies of the Third Reich toward the Jews, the period of segregation and enclosed ghettos, and the stages through which the ‘final solution’ were implemented are some of the topics covered. Other documents shed light on Jewish public activities and the organization of the Underground and Jewish self-defense. Many of the documents of Jewish origin were not published previously. This comprehensive collection is essential for understanding the history of the Holocaust.

Genres: History, Holocaust, Nonfiction

508 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Yitzhak Arad (Hebrew: יצחק ארד) was an Israeli historian, author, former IDF brigadier general and a Soviet partisan, director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993. He specialised in the history of the Holocaust.

Reviews

[Em]

Informational wise this was great. It was hard to get through and hard to focus on. Yet I learned so much.

[Sarah Johnston]

This took me a longer time to time but overall an informative and up close and personal book. Really shows the inner workings of the regime.

[Kim Freitas]

Couldn’t get into this. All Original documents as the title says.

[Dean Vincent]

Good primary sources--translated from German.