Holocaust: the Nazi persecution and murder of the Jews

Abstract

Introduction Historical Background: Anti-Semitism in the Weimar Republic PART I: RACIAL PERSECUTION, 1933-1939 1. The Displacement of Jews from Public Life, 1933-1934 2. Segregation and Comprehensive Discrimination, 1935-1937 3. Interim Conclusions: The Removal of Jews from German Society, the Formation of the National Socialist 'People's Community', and its Consequences for Jewish Life in Germany 4. The Intensification of the Racial Persecution of Non-Jewish Groups by the Police Apparatus, 1936-1937 5. Comprehensive Deprivation of Rights and Forced Emigration, late 1937-1939 6. The Politics of Organized Expulsion PART II: THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS, 1939-1941 7. The Persecution of Jews in the Territory of the Reich, 1939-1940 8. German Occupation and the Persecution of the Jews in Poland, 1939-1940/1941: The First Variant of a 'Territorial Solution' 9. Deportations PART III: MASS EXECUTIONS OF JEWS IN THE OCCUPIED SOVIET ZONES, 1941 10. Laying the Ground for a War of Racial Annihilation 11. The Mass Murder of Jewish Men 12. The Transition from Anti-Semitic Terror to Genocide 13. Enforcing the Annihilation Policy: Extending the Shootings to the Whole Jewish Population PART IV: GENESIS OF THE FINAL SOLUTION ON A EUROPEAN SCALE, 1941 14. Plans for a Europe-Wide Deportation Programme After the Start of Barbarossa 15. Autumn 1941: Beginning of the Deportations and Regional Mass Murders 16. The Wannsee Conference PART V: THE EXTERMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS, 1942-1945 17. The Beginning of the Extermination Policy on a European Scale in 1942 18. The Further Development of the Policy of Extermination after the Turning of the War in 1942-1943: Continuation of the Murders and Geographical Expansion of the Deportations Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index