The War Against the Jews
ISBN 0-03-013661-X | | |
The War Against the Jews is a 1975 book by
Jewry during World War II
.
The author contends that
death camps
. She uses records of "one-way" rail tickets as additional documentation of those sent to camps.
Dawidowicz also draws a line of "anti-Semitic descent" from
Haman's advice to Ahasuerus. She argues that though modern anti-Semitism has its roots in German nationalism, the foundation of Christian anti-Semitism was laid by the Catholic Church and "upon which Luther built."[1]
The book also provides detailed listings by country of the number of Jews killed in World War II. Dawidowicz researched birth and death records in many cities of prewar Europe to come up with a death toll of 5,933,900 Jews.
Criticism by Raul Hilberg
intentionalist thinking, was widely unpopular among many early scholars, a contrast to later views. It is argued that Davidowicz, a renowned intentionalist, simply ignored Hilberg's work in order to follow an academically safer path, avoiding controversy by avoiding functionalist conclusions like those drawn by Hilberg. "She wanted preeminence," Hilberg writes.[5]
Jewish population listing
| Country | Estimated Pre-War Jewish population | Estimated Jewish population killed | Percent killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 3,300,000 | 3,000,000 | 91 |
Baltic countries
|
253,000 | 228,000 | 90 |
| Germany & Austria | 240,000 | 210,000 | 88 |
| Bohemia & Moravia | 90,000 | 80,000 | 89 |
| Slovakia | 90,000 | 75,000 | 83 |
| Greece | 70,000 | 54,000 | 77 |
| Netherlands | 140,000 | 105,000 | 75 |
| Hungary | 650,000 | 450,000 | 70 |
Byelorussian SSR
|
375,000 | 245,000 | 65 |
Ukrainian SSR
|
1,500,000 | 900,000 | 60 |
| Belgium | 65,000 | 40,000 | 60 |
| Yugoslavia | 43,000 | 26,000 | 60 |
| Romania | 600,000 | 300,000 | 50 |
| Norway | 1,800 | 900 | 50 |
| France | 350,000 | 90,000 | 26 |
| Bulgaria | 64,000 | 14,000 | 22 |
| Italy | 40,000 | 8,000 | 20 |
| Luxembourg | 5,000 | 1,000 | 20 |
Russian SFSR
|
975,000 | 107,000 | 11 |
| Denmark | 8,000 | 120 | 2 |
| Finland | 2,000 | ? | ? |
| Total | 8,861,800 | 5,933,900 | 67 |
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-553-34532-X
- ^ Joffe, Lawrence (2007-09-25), "Obituary: Raul Hilberg", The Guardian, retrieved 2010-01-09
- ^ Wyman, David (1985-08-11), "Managing the Death Machine", The New York Times, retrieved 2010-01-09
- ^ Woo, Elaine (2007-08-07), "Raul Hilberg, 81; scholar was an authority on the Holocaust", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2010-01-09
- ISBN 9781566631167.
External links
- The War against the Jews at Archive.org