I thought the chapter titles and subtitles in this book might lead to some possible research topics, so I’m including them for help with brainstorming. Each “sub-chapter” is written by a different person.
from: The Holocaust. Mitchell G. Bard, ed. (Turning Points in World History) 2001.
Chapter 1. Insolation and Dehumanization: Institutionalizing Persecution
The Nuremberg Laws
Jews in Germany: From Citizens to Outcasts (Jews considered themselves good Germans—they could not imagine that Hitler would do anything to them)
Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass)
Confinement in Ghettos (how the Jews were treated in different ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union)
Life in the Warsaw Ghetto (by an American teenager)
Chapter 2. Evil Reaches New Lows: The Final Solution
The Final Solution
Human Guinea Pigs (prisoners in concentration camps used to conduct experimetnts)
From Imprisonment to Annihilation
Auschwitz: The Death Factory
Children and the Holocaust
Chapter 3. Why Did the Holocaust Happen?
German Racism (Jews could more easily be dehumanized and ultimately killed if they were viewed as inhuman.
Why Germans Killed Jews
How Ordinary Men Became Killers
Chapter 4. Could More Jews Have Been Saved?
Open Immigration Could Have Saved Tens of Thousands (Hitler was determined to murder every Jew in Europe. Few countries would accept those who could escape)
More Media Attention Might Have Saved Lives (Why didn’t the American people know more?)
The United States Should Have Done More
Chapter 5. The Legacy of the Holocaust
Brining Nazis to Justice: The Nuremberg Trials
Living with the Nightmares (Holocaust survivors are plagued with guilt and nightmares)
The Holocaust Deniers
The Creation of a Jewish Homeland (when the war was over, most Jews found they had nowhere to go. Some returned to their native lands, but most settled elsewhere. For many, the nightmare of the Holocaust was replaced by the dream of settling in the Holy Land of Israel)