No history on the Holocaust?????????

Question

Why is there not A complete history of the holocaust. For example if compared to that of slavery, it lacks detail. I mean there is readable history but is it sufficient seeing that the holocaust is a serious event in world history?

Answer 1

Lacks detail? You really need to look closer. You must broaden your horizons. Probably more has been written about it then anyother event. It has been chronicled by Albert Speer, Simon Weisenthal, just to name a couple. It has been written about by American Soldiers, from Eisenhower to the lowest Private. Holocaust museums are all over Europe and Israel.

Answer 2

Its hard to have a complete history of the holocaust because a lot of the documentation that is being uncovered or has been found for the longest time has gone through classification. A lot of the material has to be declassified so that it can be released to the public. There are also a lot of issue surrounding the fact that it came around as an act of war in a relatively short span of time when matched up against the history of slavery. There is still a lot of denial out there by certain groups about the validity of whether or not it really ever happened or not as well and that is the source of massive amounts of tension between certain ethnic/political groups around the world. In a war that was that fierce and spanned so much of the globe it is just too easy to say that it never happen an millions of people just disappeared after all it was war. If it was so targeted to a particual ethnic group that reasoning might have been accepted. I guess the short answer is that it is really just too soon to have all those records released to the public and the families that survived the holocaust are having huge issues getting access to what happen to family memebers and its been nearly sixty years.

Answer 3

Man you cannot swing a cat without hitting a history of the Holocaust!

Try any book by Raul Hilberg or Lucy Davidowicz. Both wrote massive histories of the Holocaust. A new one is coming out every day.

Answer 4

There is plenty of history on the Holocaust...but, there is not one single, comprehensive, all inclusive volume of the history of the Holocaust. As someone else said, there is new material concerning it being discovered...and, unlike slavery (and I truly mean no offense at all to anyone) the Holocaust was a larger, much more modern, much more controversial WORLD issue, involving more diverse groups of people (ethnicity, religious, health status, mental health status).

Answer 5

The Germans were incredibly efficient at destroying the records that documented the holocaust. Since most of those who went into the camps died, it is hard to get a complete picture.

There are some records of the human experimentation projects, along with some camp records, and some personal experiences, but not as many as their should be.

Answer 6

Are you close to a Holocaust muesuem? We just went to ours a couple of months ago, in Richmond,Va, and were impressed. I would suggest that. I'm not sure where you're located, but the one in Washington is supposed to be really good and informing. Also, my daughter and I have watched quite a bit on the History Channel on the Holocaust and alot of information on Hitler, check your tv guide to see.

Answer 7

There are many books written by Holocaust survivors, many recorded interviews with Holocaust survivors, even accounts of Nazis about the crimes they did themselves, photos from the liberation of the concentration camps, documents the Nazis made, even photos and film material of mass shootings, you can still see the remains of the concentration camps, of the gas chambers and crematories, there are lists with names of people deported to the concentration camps.... how could there be more detail?

Answer 8

while i am most certainly NOT among them, you will undoubtedly receive numerous comments from individuals stating that the holocaust has been over- reported, over publicized, over politicized, etc. it does seem to have already received "quite a bit of press" , though, over the decades. however, whether enough can ever be said about such atrocities is a good question. i think it is best to err on the side of saying too much as opposed to the opposite. humans tend to have short memories, and that can prove disastrous as regards the opportunity for the repetition of such incidents: darfur, sierra leone, etc?

Answer 9

i beg to differ. there is plenty -- it all depends on what country in this world "calls it history" or historical event or by other names. the president of Iran --wants (but will not succeed) to deny it. it happened and it is definitely part of the human history and human civilizaton. back to your specific question "it lacks details" that is not true, lots of events, happenings, killings, and unspeakable acts have been committed and photographed and documented in many conceivable way...try google and put the name "nizkor project" done voluntarily by a vancouver resident. you will be shocked on what his web site contains as evidence. last but not least -- where you are partially right...not all documentation government and otherwise has been opened up...and vatican is still stalling and so is the red cross...and other major organizations. time is of essence....there will be more details....not for you and me to comprehend if we still "are humans". hope it helps.

Answer 10

William Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is pretty detailed of the whole rotten mess.