Publisher's Synopsis
The history of the Holocaust is often written in isolation from the broader history of 20th-century Europe. This book argues, through a series of varied case studies, that the broader context is crucial. By analyzing topics as varied as Nazi race theory, Holocaust perpetrators and fascist thinkers, Dan Stone shows that we need to see the Holocaust as emerging out of a wide European landscape of fascism-engendering crisis.
Through theoretical analyses of memory and testimony, post-Cold War European literature and the role played by testimony, Nazism, the Holocaust and Modern Europe explains how different approaches to the past can coalesce to provide a broad understanding of the European culture which gave rise to, and has grappled with trying to make sense of, the Holocaust.
Including several new and previously unpublished chapters, as well as key pieces covering the core topics of Nazism, the Holocaust and historiography, this book traces a fascinating new interpretive arc through the history of 20th-century Europe.
