DOC The Holocaust and Other Genocides: History; Representation; Ethics by From Vanderbilt University Press in History

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent textbook for Holocaust studiesBy DGExcellent book. Love the primary source material.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A seminal and invaluable contribution to Holocaust StudiesBy Midwest Book ReviewA the result of a special project of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission; Inc.; and in association with the Vanderbilt University based Zimmerman Foundation and Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities; Helmut Smith (Associate Professor of History; Vanderbilt University) has compiled The Holocaust And Other Genocides: History; Representation; Ethics; a compendium of scholarly researches. The scholarly commentary ranges from the history of the Holocaust (including the creation of a racist society and the evolution of a regimented and industrialized killing process; as well as the phenomena of resistance and rescue); to the representations of the Holocaust in the arts; language; literature; photography; film; monuments and memorials); to other examples of genocide (the Armenian genocide; the "ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Kosovo; tribal warfare of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutus); to considerations of ethics and ethical questioning. The Holocaust And Other Genocides is a seminal and invaluable contribution to Holocaust Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.