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Hayes, Peter, 1946-

Why? : explaining the Holocaust / Peter Hayes. - First edition. - New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017] - xvi, 412 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-390) and index.

Why another book on the Holocaust? -- Targets: why the Jews? -- Attackers: why the Germans? -- Escalation: why murder? -- Annihilation: why this swift and sweeping? -- Victims: why didn't more Jews fight back more often? -- Homelands: why did survival rates diverge? -- Onlookers: why such limited help from outside? -- Aftermath: what legacies, what lessons?

ISBN: 9780393254365 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2016031588

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
Antisemitism--History--Germany--20th century.
Jews--History--Germany--20th century.
Jews--Persecutions--History--Europe--20th century.
Holocausto judío (1939-1945).
Holocausto judío (1939-1945)--Causas.
Antisemitismo--Alemania--1933-1945.
Judíos--Europa--1939-1945.
Percecuciones de los judíos.
Judíos--Historia--Alemania--1933-1945

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Alemania--Historia--1933-1945

LC Class. No.: D 804.3 / H418w 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/1811