Publisher's Synopsis
This volume brings together original historical, literary, and philosophical analyses of the Holocaust by some of the worlds leading scholars, including Yehuda Bauer, Christopher Browning, George Steiner, Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Richard L. Rubenstein, Robert Wolfe, Eberhard Jackel, Peter Hayes, and John K. Roth. The essays cover topics as diverse as Nazi-Jewish negotiations, corporate involvement in the Holocaust, and the writings of Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel. The book also contains personal tributes by Claude Lanzmann (Shoah) and Herman Wouk.