
Título: The Holocaust: A New History
Autor: Laurence Rees
Sinopse: n June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war -- the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply did not deserve to live -- not because of what they had done, but because of who they were.
Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well. He also reveals that there was no single overarching blueprint for the Holocaust. Instead, a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, Rees reminds us, and the effects are enduring.
The Holocaust: A New History is an accessible yet authoritative account of this terrible crime. A chronological, intensely readable narrative, this is a compelling exposition of humanity's darkest moment.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Holocaust: A New History”, de Laurence Rees, publicado pela editora PublicAffairs, em 2018 e com 560 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: PublicAffairs
Páginas: 560
Ano: 2018-07-24
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1541730070
ISBN13: 9781541730076
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora PublicAffairs oferecem uma leitura que combina rigor investigativo e narrativa envolvente, frequentemente centrada em temas de história recente, política, economia e questões sociais profundas. O catálogo privilegia obras que exploram conflitos humanos em contextos históricos ou institucionais complexos, como crises econômicas, guerras, movimentos sociais e transformações culturais. A linguagem tende a ser clara e acessível, mesmo quando trata de assuntos densos, favorecendo um tom analítico e crítico que convida à reflexão. Há uma presença marcante de relatos biográficos e histórias reais que trazem à tona personagens que enfrentam dilemas éticos e desafios históricos, com ritmo que equilibra detalhamento e fluidez.
