The Holocaust and genocides in Europe

Resource Information

The work The Holocaust and genocides in Europe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Holocaust and genocides in Europe

Statement of responsibility

Benjamin Lieberman

Creator

• Lieberman, Benjamin, 1962-

Subject

• Genocide -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Language

eng

Summary

"Focusing on the major cases of genocide in twentieth-century Europe, including the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, as well as mass killing in the Soviet Union, this book outlines the internal and external roots of genocide. Internal causes lie in the rise of radical nationalism and the breakdown of old empires, while external causes lie in the experience of mass violence in European colonial empires. Such roots did not make any case of genocide inevitable, but they did create models for mass destruction. This book enables students to assess the interplay between general causes of violence and the specific crises that accelerated moves towards radical genocidal policies. Chapters on the major cases of twentieth-century European genocide describe and analyse several key themes: acts of genocide; perpetrators, victims and bystanders; and genocide in particular regions. Using the voices of the human actors in genocide, often ignored or forgotten, this volume provides arresting new insights, while the conclusion frames European genocide in a global perspective, giving students an entry point to the discussion of genocide in other continents and historical periods."--

Assigning source

Provided by Publisher

Cataloging source

UKMGB

Dewey number

304.6630940904

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography