Facing the Catastrophe

25 januari 2011

Jews and non-Jews in Europe during World War II

Facing the Holocaust, edited by Georgi Verbeeck and Beate Kosmala, is a plea to broaden our knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust by including the micro-historical approach of local historical experiences.  It offers regional and national comparative case-studies that highlight the various aspects of persecution, deportation and extermination.

 

In post-war European culture remembering the Holocaust became a keystone to understand political and national identity-building. Distinctive political developments have created distinctive paths of commemoration. The future will be built on the acknowledgement and understanding of this most tragic episode in European 20th century history.
 

Facing the Catastophe is part of the European Science Foundation (ESF) programme Occupation in Europe. The Impact of Fascist and National Socialist Rule. It is published by Berg Publishers, Oxford-New York.
 

The book is nominated for the 2011 Sybil Milton Book Prize from the German Studies Association (GSA).  It commemorates the life and legacy of the late Dr. Sybil Halpern Milton (1941-2000), one of the world's most distinguished experts on the Holocaust and an extremely active member of the German Studies Association.  The 2011 Milton Prize will be awarded to the best book on any aspect of the Holocaust published during the years 2009 or 2010.  

 

Georgi Verbeeck is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of German History at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His colleague Beate Kosmala is Senior Researcher at the German Resistance Memorial Center (Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand) in Berlin.

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