Holocaust : religious and philosophical implications / edited by John K. Roth and Michael Berenbaum.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Who, what, where, when, how? / Michael Berenbaum and John K. Roth -- The silence of Auschwitz / André Neher -- The place of the Holocaust in contemporary history / Yehuda Bauer -- The Holocaust in American historical writing / Gerd Korman -- Thinking about the six million : facts, figures, perspectives / Lucy S. Dawidowicz -- The Holocaust and the covenant / David W. Weiss and Michael Berenbaum -- The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust / Michael Berenbaum -- The drowned and the saved / Primo Levi -- The ghetto as a form of government / Raul Hilberg -- Forms of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust / Yehuda Bauer -- The people who walked on / Tadeusz Borowski -- Torture / Jean Améry -- "This world is not this world" / Robert Jay Lifton -- Excremental assault / Terrence Des Pres -- The dilemma of choice in the deathcamps / Lawrence L. Langer -- The dead stars pursue their courses / David Rousset -- On losing trust in the world / John K. Roth -- Selections from Night / Elie Wiesel -- The dean and the chosen people / Richard L. Rubenstein -- The 614th commandment / Emil L. Fackenheim -- In the beginning was the cry / Eliezer Berkovits -- Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire / Irving Greenberg -- An exchange / Richard L. Rubenstein and Elie Wiesel -- Why? / Michael Berenbaum and John K. Roth.