Holocaust historiography : a Jewish perspective : conceptualizations, terminology, approaches, and fundamental issues / Dan Michman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. "the Holocaust" -- "The Holocaust" in the eyes of historians : the problem of conceptualization, periodization, and explanation -- Historians in the 1990s -- The Jewish dimension of the Holocaust : the context of modern Jewish history -- pt. 2. The "final solution" -- The "final solution to the Jewish question", its emergence and implementation : the state of research and its implications for other issues in Holocaust research -- pt. 3. Fascism and National-Socialism -- What distinguishes fascism from Nazism? : Dutch fascism before and during the Holocaust as a test case -- Italian fascism and the Jewish fate in ther Holocaust : additional remarks on the difference between fascism and Nazism -- pt. 4. Judenrat -- Jewish "headships" under Nazi rule : the evolution and implementation of an administrative concept -- pt. 5. Relief, rescue, foresight -- Elucidation of the concept of "rescue during the Holocaust" -- Ze'ev (Vladimir Jabotinsky) : the "evacuation plan" and the problem of foreseeing the Holocaust -- Jabotinsky's cable in the wake of Kristallnacht -- pt. 6. Resistance -- Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and its significance : theoretical observations -- pt. 7. Religious Jewry and the Jewish religion -- Jewish religious life under Nazi domination : Nazi attitudes and Jewish problems -- Daily life of the religious Jew under Holocaust conditions -- "In faithfulness thou hast afflicted me": (Psalms 119:75) : remarks on trends in religious faith during the holocaust -- pt. 8. Holocaust and rebirth -- The casual relationship between the Holocaust and the birth of Israel : historiography between myth and reality -- On the definition of "She'erit Hapletah" -- pt. 9. Holocaust historiography : history and problems -- Research on the Holocaust : a history of ther discipline from a bird's-eye view -- One theme, multiple voices : language and culture in Holocaust research -- Research on "Zionism vis-à-vis the Holocaust" : polemics, problems and terminology