"Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp, edited by Yisrael Gutman and Michael Berenbaum, is probably the most comprehensive volume on Auschwitz in print. Essays by leading scholars from Europe, Israel, and the United States document the history of the camp, the technology and magnitude of the genocide that occurred there, profiles of the inmates and the Nazis who ran the camp (such as Joseph Mengele), the underground resistance that arose, ..."
"Did we "know" the gas chambers were there? Could we have destroyed them? Why didn't we bomb? For decades, debate has raged over whether the Allies should have bombed the gas chambers at Auschwitz and the railroads leading to the camp, thereby saving thousands of lives and disrupting Nazi efforts to exterminated European Jews. Was it truly feasible to do so? did failure to do so simply reflect a callous indifference to the plight of the ..."
"As head of the Gestapo's "Jewish Evacuation Department," Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962) was the driving force in the impoverishment, deportation, and extermination of millions of Jews. In 1945 he escaped with a Vatican passport and fled to South America. In May 1960 the Israelis located and kidnapped Eichmann from Argentina, and brought him to trial in Israel, where he was convicted and hanged, his remains cremated and sc ..."
Holocaust(1st Edition) Religious and Philosophical Implications by John K. Roth, MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 1998 by Paragon House ISBN-13: 978-1-55778-212-0, ISBN: 1-55778-212-1
"Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications is an anthology specifically designed for use as a textbook for courses on the Holocaust in universities and adult study groups. It is a complilation of what are now "classic" pieces in the voluminous literature on the Holocaust - pieces by Raul Hilberg, Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi, George Steiner, Richard Rubenstein and Irving Greenberg - all organized around what the editors have found ..."
Not Your Father's Antisemitism Hatred of the Jews in the 21st Century by MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 450 Pages, Published 2008 by Paragon House ISBN-13: 978-1-55778-874-0, ISBN: 1-55778-874-X
"In sixteen crisp essays written by distinguished scholars from diverse disciplines, backgrounds and countries, Not Your Father's Antisemitism argues that contemporary hatred of the Jews is not a throwback to the 1930s but a unique manifestation of 21st century humanity and the post-modernist crisis. The work examines antisemitism in contemporary Europe; in classical and contemporary Islam; it follows the migration of discredited myths f ..."
The World Must Know(Updated) The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by MichaelBerenbaum, Arnold Kramer Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2005 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8358-3, ISBN: 0-8018-8358-X
"Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxi, 250p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., frontis., ports. ; 31cm. Notes: Includes index. First edition published in 1993. Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Bibl.:p.227-239. Summary: This revised edition is enhanced with new insights and updates based on archival information that ha ..."
Elie Wiesel God, the Holocaust, and the Children of Israel by MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 1994 by Behrman House ISBN-13: 978-0-87441-556-8, ISBN: 0-87441-556-X
"God, the Holocaust, and the Children of Israel Michael Berenbaum. world in
which God is present (at the beginning of Night), to a world in which God is killed
so that man can live (in Dawn), and finally to a world in which God is absent (in
Le Jour). In Le Jour God's presence is no longer felt, and the individual lives
without meaning and without God. It is ironic that Wiesel's titles become brighter
as the presence of God becomes ..."
"This Conference Volume contains new and original research by genocide and holocaust scholars and commemorates a series of significant anniversaries, as well: 100 years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide; 80 years since the Barmen Declaration; 75 years since the beginning of World War II; 70 years since the uprising at Auschwitz. Other topics under discussion include: Holocaust Education for Future Generations, Personal Experie ..."
The World Must Know(1st Edition) The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Back Bay Books ISBN-13: 978-0-316-09134-3, ISBN: 0-316-09134-0
"Coinciding with the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April, this volume commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, using photographs of the museum's artifacts to document the human stories. Simultaneous. 60,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo."
"Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ topped box office charts and changed the American religious conversation. The controversies it raised remain unsettled. In After The Passion Is Gone: American Religious Consequences, leading scholars of religion and theology ask what Gibson's film and the resulting controversy reveal about Christians, Jews, and the possibilities of interreligious dialogue in the United States. Landres and Berenbaum ..."
After Tragedy and Triumph(1st Edition) Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience by MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-09992-9, ISBN: 0-521-09992-7
"The story of American Jewry is inextricably entwined with the awesome defeat of the Holocaust and the rebirth of the state of Israel. However, for Michael Berenbaum, and others of his generation, whose adult consciousness included the war in Lebanon and the Palestinian Uprisings, the tale is more anguished, for the Jewish People are now divided, uncertain about the implications of the past and the direction of their future. Berenbaum ..."
False Papers(5th Edition) DECEPTION AND SURVIVAL IN THE HOLOCAUST by Robert Melson, MichaelBerenbaum Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07250-5, ISBN: 0-252-07250-2
"A unique, candid, sometimes funny, often frightening tale of sheer bravado and chutzpah--a dangerous play impeccably performed in the open on the Nazi stage by a courageous Jewish family."
"Murder Most Merciful is a collection of insightful essays that consider Sigi Ziering's play, The Judgment of Herbert Bierhoff. In the play, Ziering tells the story of a loving father and his decision during the Holocaust to take the life of his beloved daughter to avoid her deportation. Scholars who have thought long and hard about the ethical implications of the Holocaust continue to grapple with the poignant questions Ziering raised. ..."
"Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death." From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs f ..."
"“Were this story a novel, it would have the character of an implausible fable, but as often occurred in the Holocaust, reality exceeds the imagination.”—Michael Berenbaum, from the ForewordWhen Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a ..."
"This is an indispensable publication on the life and work of the great Polish-Jewish-American artist-activist Arthur Szyk. A master of miniature painting and calligraphy, Szyk (1894-1951) brought his unmistakable style to subjects as diverse as biblical stories, literary classics, and political cartoons. This powerful, striking book is one for all art enthusiasts and collectors, students of World War II and Holocaust history, and the ar ..."
"“My Sister’s Eyes is a charming work written with precision and passion. From their prosperous life in Poland through the Nazi onslaught and their perilous flight to freedom..." Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute and co-founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.:“My Sister’s Eyes is a vigilant call to others not to forget…It is also a salute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes…" Dr. M ..."
"National Museum of American Jewish History reflects the American journey and the struggle for freedom. This book captures the essence of the Museum through essays and photos."
"After interviewing a Holocaust survivor who took clandestine photographs of the Kovno Ghetto at great risk, a graduate student stumbles over a diary chronicling the same time and place during Nazi occupation. She soon discovers that photographer, George Kaddish is one of only two known Jewish photographers who recorded ghetto life, but most importantly she learns that hope and humanity still exist."
"As a ten-year-old child, Leon Rubinstein fled Germany with his parents in 1933 to Luxembourg and then Belgium, which they fled again on the morning of the Nazi invasion. They dwelt quietly as refugees in the south of France until the Vichy government began its roundup of foreign Jews for deportation. After his father's arrest, Leon endeavors to save himself and his mother with a daring journey to the border towns of southeastern France. ..."