The Holocaust and the Historians

The renowned author of The War Against the Hews sets out to solve a historiographical mystery: Why has the mass murder of European Jews been overlooked or trivialized by historians throughout the world? In a forceful, outspoken work, Lucy Dawidowicz looks for explanations.

"Professor Dawidowicz's work embodies high standards of scholarship. The analysis is shrewd and generally fair, and the comparisons often brilliantly perceptive... A valuable contribution to the literature of the Second World War and the Holocaust."--New York Times Book Review

"Marshalling an impressive array of scholarship [Dawidowicz] takes the reader through a careful examination of the writings about the holocaust in England and the US, Germany, the USSR, and Poland."--Review of Books and Religion

"Mrs. Dawidowicz is always incisive, sharp, analyctical and honest... Her analysis especially of Herman historiography is fascinating."--American Jewish History