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Holocaust Scholarship

Personal Trajectories and Professional Interpretations

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Authors:
  1. Christopher R. Browning

    1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

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  2. Susannah Heschel

    1. Dartmouth College, USA

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  3. Michael R. Marrus

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

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  4. Milton Shain

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Christopher R. Browning, Susannah Heschel, Michael R. Marrus, Milton Shain
    Pages 1-6

  3. Autobiography, Experience and the Writing of History

    • Steven E. Aschheim
    Pages 7-19

  4. From Johannesburg to Warsaw: An Ideological Journey

    • Antony Polonsky
    Pages 20-47

  5. The Personal Contexts of a Holocaust Historian: War, Politics, Trials and Professional Rivalry

    • Christopher R. Browning
    Pages 48-66

  6. Autobiographical Reflections on Writing History, the Holocaust and Hairdressing

    • David Cesarani
    Pages 67-83

  7. On the Holocaust and Comparative History

    • Steven T. Katz
    Pages 84-98

  8. Historiosophy as a Response to Catastrophe: Studying Nazi Christians as a Jew

    • Susannah Heschel
    Pages 99-116

  9. Pastors and Professors: Assessing Complicity and Unfolding Complexity

    • Robert P. Ericksen
    Pages 117-141

  10. Protestants, Catholics, Mennonites and Jews: Identities and Institutions in Holocaust Studies

    • Doris L. Bergen
    Pages 142-156

  11. My Wrestling with the Holocaust

    • Karl A. Schleunes
    Pages 157-169

  12. ‘Lessons’ of the Holocaust and the Ceaseless, Discordant Search for Meaning

    • Michael R. Marrus
    Pages 170-186

  13. Apartheid and the Herrenvolk Idea

    • David Welsh
    Pages 187-214

  14. Echoes of Nazi Antisemitism in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s

    • Milton Shain
    Pages 215-238

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 239-258
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About this book

Leading international Holocaust scholars reflect upon their personal experiences and professional trajectories over many decades of immersion in the field. Changes are examined within the context of individual odysseys, including shifting cultural milieus and robust academic conflicts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Christopher R. Browning

  • Dartmouth College, USA

    Susannah Heschel

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    Michael R. Marrus

  • University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Milton Shain

About the authors

Steven E. Aschheim, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University, USA David Cesarani, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Steven T. Katz, Boston University, USA Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University, USA Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto, Canada Karl A. Schleunes, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA David Welsh, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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