David Engel is Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History at New York University, USA. A member of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, he is the author of seven books and more than 100 articles on aspects of the Holocaust and modern Jewish history.

Part 1: Analysis 1. Studying the Holocaust 2. The Jews 3. Hitler, Nazis, Germans, and Jews 4. 133-41: A Twisted Road ? 5. Responding to Persecution 6. The Transition to Killing 7. Responding to Murder 8. Humanity, Modernity, and the Holocaust Part 2: Documents

This book offers a survey of the encounter between the Third Reich and European Jewry. Including a useful selection of original documents, many never before anthologised in English, a chronology, glossary and Who's Who, David Engel's book will be welcomed by anyone trying to get to grips with this complex and far-reaching subject.