"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is almost certainly fiction, but its impact was not. Originating in Russia, it landed in the English-speaking world where it caused great consternation. Much is made of German anti-semitism, but there was fertile soil for "The Protocols" across Europe and even in America, thanks to Henry Ford and others.

And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film.

Several prominent writers reflect on the degree to which the atrocities of the Holocaust have affected contemporary writing on the subject. a very extensive and well documented historiographical and literary analysis.

States that the murder of the Jews was part of Hitler's design from the outset of his career, quoting from "Mein Kampf" and the Nazi press (especially "Der Stürmer") to show how propaganda was used to achieve this aim, particularly by Goebbels. Relates also to Nazi use of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Includes appendixes: The Institute for Historical Review: "Revisionists" Who Whitewash Nazism (90-96); The "Protocols of Zion" since 1945 (97-107); "Mein Kampf", 1945-1982 (108-121).

The creative literature that evolved from the Holocaust constitutes an unprecedented encounter between art and life. Those who wrote about the Holocaust were forced to extend the limits of their imaginations to encompass unspeakably violent extremes of human behavior. The result, as Ezrahi shows in By Words Alone, is a body of literature that transcends national and cultural boundaries and shares a spectrum of attitudes toward the concentration camps and the world beyond, toward the past and the future.

A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day

Holocaust and Human Behavior uses readings, primary source material, and short documentary films to examine the challenging history of the Holocaust and prompt reflection on our world today

"Compelling and even poignant accounts of ghetto performances."--Ulrich Baer, German Studies Review

Arguing against the prevailing view that Holocaust survivors (encouraged by a new and flourishing culture of 'witnessing') have come forward only recently to tell their stories,Writing the Holocaust examines the full history of Holocaust testimony, from the first chroniclers confined to Nazi-enforced ghettos to today's survivors writing as part of collective memory. Zoë Waxman shows how the conditions and motivations for bearing witness changed immeasurably. She reveals the multiplicity of Holocaust experiences, the historically contingent nature of victims' responses, and the extent to which their identities - secular or religious, male or female, East or West European - affected not only what they observed but also how they have written about their experiences. In particular, she demonstrates that what survivors remember is substantially determined by the context in which they are remembering.

Fulfills some or all of the high school national curriculum standards for world history, U.S. history, social studies, and English.