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Holocaust Historiography: A Jewish
Perspective Conceptualizations, Terminology, Approaches and
Fundamental Issues Dan Michman
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Historical research on
the Holocaust (or Shoah), which started
immediately after the downfall of Nazi Germany in 1945, has been constantly
growing, and in the last decade has practically exploded in size. Scholars
throughout the world have proposed overall explanations and overarching
representations, but have mostly carried out partial studies while focusing
on detailed issues. Within this ocean of scholarly effort, methodological
aspects of historical thinking, and of history as a scholarly discipline,
have gone almost untouched. Moreover, the perspective of the targeted group -
the Jews - has not been seriously integrated into the larger fabric. Holocaust
Historiography: A Jewish Perspective tries to analyse existing research, from a number of languages,
from these neglected perspectives. Professor Michman
examines the ways in which the 'Holocaust' is conceptualized, and how different
understandings of the same concept and the use of alternative terms lead to
different and even conflicting conclusions. The reader is given a range of
original introductions into the fundamental issues of this event and the era
in which it happened through a comprehensive discussion of some of the most
common terms used during and after the Nazi period: 'resistance',
'collaboration', 'Fascism', 'Judenrat', 'The
Surviving Remnant', and 'The Jewish People'.
Both researchers and laymen will gain a better understanding of the
scholarly debates and current research. |
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Dan Michman is professor of Modern
Jewish History and chairman of the Institutes of Holocaust Research and of
Research on Diaspora Jewry in Modern Times at |
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