Genocide in Germany What Are the Questions

¶ … Genocide in Germany

What are the questions you are asking in your paper and what is the main argument?

What constitutes genocide and what was the worst genocide in recent world history? Genocide is a traumatic part of world history. The term genocide was coined in the aftermath of World War II. When the world learned that more than six million Jewish people had been murdered by the German military because of their beliefs, the universal reaction was disgust and disbelief.

What are the five sources you will be using?

Bartov, Omer. The Holocaust: Origins, Implementation, Aftermath. New York, NY: Routledge,

Print.

Dwork, Deborah & Robert Jan van Pelt. The Holocaust: a History. New York, NY: Norton,

2002. Print.

Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust. New York, NY: Henry Hold, 1985. Print.

Paxton, Robert O. Europe in the Twentieth Century. 5th. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College,

2012. Print.

Rossel, Seymour. The Holocaust: the World and the Jews. Springfield, NJ: Behrman, 1992.

Print.

C. Summarize the argument of each of the sources you have selected and indicate how each one will help you make your argument.

Bartov, Omer

This text discusses the Holocaust from three perspectives not discussed elsewhere. It explains how the Holocaust happened and how the process of genocide developed over time. It also talks about what happened after the Holocaust ended. This can be used to show that for the victims of the Holocaust, their suffering did not end with the war.

Dwork, Deborah

Dwork's book is a collection of histories of Holocaust survivors. By using this text, I can see what the experiences of the Holocaust were like for people who lived them. This makes for a more personal history than is available in some of the histories written by people who did not have a first-person experience.

Gilbert, Martin

Martin Gilbert's book tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Jews. Particularly, it discusses the stories of some of the Jews who were doing everything they could to stay alive, including going into hiding. This helps the research process because it shows that people who were not even certain about the specific atrocities that were being committed by the Nazis were so afraid that they would risk anything to avoid capture.

Paxton, Robert

This is a comprehensive history of recent European events. It has a large section on World War II and the Holocaust in particular. This text is useful because it puts the Holocaust in the context of the Second World War and explains its impact on the rest of the war.

Rossel, Seymour

This book discusses the Holocaust and discusses why the Jewish people were targeted by the Nazis. It makes an important point about the scapegoat theory of political discourse and how the Nazis used this to make people fear the Jews. This is important to my argument because it shows some potential reason for such an inhumane act.