Nora LevinRecensioni
Autore di The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry 1933-1945
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Levin takes a stance--though not overt it is certainly evident. She uses words like “rantings” and strong adjectives where they may not be perfectly appropriate. It is the Holocaust she's describing, but it is a work of history rather than a memoir, so a little more just-the-facts-ma’am and the reader can worry about the judgments--this is not to say it is short on facts...there are many, and Levin knows her subject, but the author comes through occasionally. Some acts are generalized (“barbarous cruelties”) rather than specifically described. There is an occasional ad homonym attack –“Darre is a crank”, and the phrasing can be slightly repetitive...”no precedent in history”, “unparalleled crimes”, and occasionally facts are restated.
Levin seems to assume a foundational knowledge of the subject, and some subjects are mentioned before there is a discussion—eg Anschluss, Munich Pact, Nuremburg Laws. Knowledge of the Holocaust going into this book may not be a stretch, but the book is called "The Holocaust", and it is not comprehensive despite its length. It takes a high-level perspective on the Holocaust, and concerns itself primarily with the political mechanisms.
There is plenty to be learned from this book, but I would recommend it as further study for someone interested in the Holocaust, and not as a primer or first read.