Pogrom November 1938 : testimonies from 'Kristallnacht'

The November Pogrom is seen by many as marking the beginning of the Holocaust. It triggered major policy changes as the Nazi regime began to pursue more aggressive measures against the Jews, which were nonetheless presented as 'lawful'. These extraordinary and powerful testimonies, translated into English for the first time in this book, reveal the numerous ways in which ordinary Jewish men and women experienced and responded to these attacks. 'Published in association with The Wiener Library for the study of the holocaust and genocide' --Title page. xxi, 754 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm