TY - BOOK AU - Bankier,David AU - Michman,Dan TI - Holocaust historiography in context: emergence, challenges, polemics and achievements SN - 9789653083264 (alk. paper) AV - D 804.348 H754 2009 U1 - 940.53/18072 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn Books, KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Historiography KW - Holocausto judío (1939-1945) KW - Historiografía N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Development of research in retrospect: some overviews Jewish research The emergence of Jewish research centers Schools and approaches within national contexts Case and context: the Holocaust and World War II, two separate issues? Testimonies Jewish testimonies in the trials of war criminals N2 - In this book a wide range of scholars examine the very beginnings of the effort to apply scholarly standards to the understanding of the Holocaust - when World War II was still raging, and immediately after it ended. It looks at the personalities who made the first steps, the centers that were created, the projects that were initiated, the ideas that were put forward, the contexts that impacted on the materialization, the conditions in which the work was carried out, and the challenges that were encountered - in Europe, North America and Israel ER -