Serving as a comprehensive introduction to the history of the Holocaust, The Routledge History of the Holocaust adds depth to current debate, both geographically and topically, assessing the Final Solution as the German occupation instituted it across Europe and covering issues which have previously been under-investigated.

Dr. Jonathan C. Friedman is Professor of History and Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Chester University and has worked as a historian at both the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Survivors of the Shoah Foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Lion and the Star: Gentile-Jewish Relations in Three Hessian Communities (1998) and Rainbow Jews: Gay and Jewish Identity in the Performing Arts (2007).

@contents: Selected Contents Introduction Section 1: The Nazi Takeover and Persecution in Hitler's Reich to 1939 Section 2: Germany's Racial War in Poland and the Soviet Union, 1939-1941 Section 3: The Final Solution in Europe Section 4: The Responses from Victims, Bystanders, and Rescuers Section 5: The Holocaust in Law, Culture, and Memory Conclusion Index.