The Cambridge History of the Holocaust: Volume 2, Perpetrating the Holocaust: Policies, Participants, Places edited by Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus – Hardback (ISBN: 9781108839389)

Edited by Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus

The Cambridge History of the Holocaust: Volume 2, Perpetrating the Holocaust: Policies, Participants, Places edited by Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus is the second volume in Cambridge University Press’s landmark scholarly history of the Holocaust. This volume examines how the Holocaust was perpetrated across Europe through policies, institutions, state agencies, military structures, police organizations, collaborators, local actors, killing sites, occupation regimes, and the escalating processes of mass violence.

Designed for university libraries, Holocaust studies programs, Jewish studies departments, genocide studies centers, modern European history courses, graduate seminars, museum libraries, archives, public history organizations, research institutes, and institutional procurement teams, this hardback volume supports advanced teaching and research into Holocaust perpetration, Nazi policy, collaboration, complicity, occupied Europe, and the social geography of genocide.

What This Book Does

This volume explains the complex processes through which the Holocaust was planned, organized, implemented, expanded, and localized across Europe. It moves beyond single-cause explanations by examining Nazi leadership, SS and police structures, German agencies, occupation authorities, local collaborators, bystanders, regional violence, deportations, ghettos, mass shootings, killing centers, forced labor, and the broad networks of participation that enabled genocide.

Key Features

• Second volume of The Cambridge History of the Holocaust series
• Edited by Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus and published by Cambridge University Press
• Examines Holocaust perpetration through policies, participants, places, institutions, and occupation structures
• Covers Nazi leadership, SS, police, German agencies, collaboration, complicity, and local participation
• Includes pan-European coverage of the genocidal scope and implementation of Holocaust violence
• Major academic reference for Holocaust studies, Jewish studies, genocide studies, and modern European history

Who Should Use This Book?

• Holocaust studies students, faculty, and researchers
• Jewish studies, genocide studies, and human rights programs
• Modern European history and twentieth-century history departments
• Graduate seminars studying Nazi policy, occupation, collaboration, and mass violence
• University libraries, museum libraries, archives, and research institutes
• Public history organizations and Holocaust education centers
• Institutions purchasing advanced Holocaust history reference books in bulk or for library collections

Why It’s Essential

• Provides a detailed scholarly account of how Holocaust policies were implemented across Europe
• Connects high-level Nazi decision-making with local participation, collaboration, and regional violence
• Supports advanced research into perpetrator history, occupation regimes, institutions, killing sites, and complicity
• Strong fit for institutional libraries, Holocaust education centers, museums, universities, and research collections

A major Cambridge hardback volume for Holocaust studies, perpetrator history, genocide studies, Jewish studies, modern European history, and institutional research libraries.
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Product Details

• ISBN-13: 9781108839389
• ISBN-10: 110883938X
• Digital ISBN: 9781108990158
• Volume: Volume 2
• Editors: Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Series: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 608
• Publication Date: May 21, 2025 / June 12, 2025
• Condition: New
• Price: $69.99
• Minimum Order: 5 Copies
• Availability: In Stock

TOC Highlights

• General Editor’s Introduction
• Introduction to Volume II
• Hitler, Nazi Leadership, and the Evolution of the “Final Solution”
• The Nazi Apparatus of Terror: SS, SA, and Police
• Bystanders, Collaboration, and Complicity
• German Agencies at the Center and at the Periphery
• Policies, Places, and Participants Across Occupied Europe
• War of Annihilation in the Occupied Soviet Union
• Neighbors and Killing in the East
• Aktion Reinhardt and the Murder of the Polish Jews
• Death Marches, Forced Movement, and Late-War Violence

FAQs

• Is this Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Holocaust?
  Yes. This listing is for The Cambridge History of the Holocaust: Volume 2, Perpetrating the Holocaust: Policies, Participants, Places.
• Who edited this volume?
  Volume 2 is edited by Mary Fulbrook and Jürgen Matthäus.
• Who publishes this book?
  The book is published by Cambridge University Press.
• What does Volume 2 cover?
  It covers Holocaust perpetration, Nazi policy, leadership, SS and police structures, collaboration, complicity, occupation regimes, local participation, mass shootings, Aktion Reinhardt, and killing processes across Europe.
• Is this suitable for academic libraries?
  Yes. It is suitable for university libraries, museum libraries, Holocaust studies collections, Jewish studies programs, genocide studies centers, and research institutes.
• Is this suitable for institutional and bulk orders?
  Yes. BooksGoat supports bulk purchasing for universities, libraries, museums, research centers, history departments, Holocaust education programs, and institutional procurement teams.