This landmark book was first published in Germany, provoking both acclaim and controversy. In this history of historiography, Nicolas Berg addresses the work of German and German-Jewish historians in the first three decades of post-World War II Germany. He examines how they perceived - and failed to perceive - the Holocaust and how they interpreted and misinterpreted that historical fact using an arsenal of terms and concepts, arguments and explanations. This English-language translation is also a shortened and reorganized edition, which includes a new introduction by Berg reviewing and commenting on the response to the German editions. Notably, in this American edition, discussion of historian Joseph Wulf and his colleague and fellow Holocaust survivor Leon Poliakov has been united in one chapter. And special care has been taken to make clear to English speakers the questions raised about German historiographical writing. Translator Joel Golb comments, From 1945 to the present, the way historians have approached the Holocaust has posed deep-reaching problems regarding choice of language...This book is consequently as much about language as it is about facts.
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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13
9780299300845
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209313910
Product Key Features
Author
Nicholas Berg
Publication Name
The Holocaust and the West German Historians: Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
460g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nicholas Berg
Translator
Joel Golb
Series Title
George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas