David Cesarani, Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016) (From the book jacket: "The persecution of the Jews, as Cesarani sees it, was not always the Nazis' central preoccupation, nor was it inevitable. He shows how, in German-occupied countries, it unfolded erratically, often due to local initiatives. For Cesarani, war was critical to the Jewish fate. Military failure denied the Germans opportunities to expel Jews into a distant territory and created a crisis of resources that led to the starvation of the ghettos and intensified anti-Jewish measures. Looking at the historical record, he disputes the iconic role of railways and deportation trains. From prisoner diaries, he exposes the extent of sexual violence and abuse of Jewish women and follows the journey of some Jewish prisoners to displaced persons camps.").
Peter Hayes, Why?: Explaining the Holocaust (New York & London: Norton, 2017) ("[T]he Nazi regime rapidly acquired a monopoly on political discourse and changed the moral valence of hatred from bad to good. Prior to 1933, antisemitism seemed crude and shameful in many quarters; now it was identified with patriotism everywhere. Conversely, expressing sympathy for Jews was now an unpatriotic act that could attract suspicion or condemnation." Id. at 92-93. Is this What Trump's America is doing with respect to Muslims? Is being anti-Muslim, or anti-Islam, a new badge of American Patriotism? How sick!).
Sarah Helm, A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of the SOE (London: Little, Brown, 2005).
Sarah Helm, Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women (New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014).
