Publisher's Synopsis
This examination of the Holocaust in Hungary synthesizes the results of a wide range of investigations and evaluates the historical lessons of the Holocaust in one country. The first part contains historical overviews and introductions; the second part discusses historical antecedents in nine studies on historical, political-ideological, cultural, socioeconomic and psychological factors that led to the destruction of Hungarian Jewry. The third part of the book, covering the Holocaust era itself, is comprised of 12 studies on the machinery of destruction. The final part includes 15 essays on the consequences of the Holocaust and on Jewish life in Hungary after the war.
