From the Unthinkable to the Unavoidable

Well-known scholars of the Holocaust reflect on why they began to study the Holocaust and how their thinking has changed over the years.

In the last half century, ways of thinking about the Holocaust have changed somewhat dramatically. In their personal stories they confront the questions that the Holocaust has raised for them and explore how these questions have been evolving.

In the last half century, ways of thinking about the Holocaust have changed somewhat dramatically. In this volume, noted scholars reflect on how their own thinking about the Holocaust has changed over the years. In their personal stories they confront the questions that the Holocaust has raised for them and explore how these questions have been evolving. Contributors include John T. Pawlikowski, Richard L. Rubenstein, Michael Berenbaum, and Eva Fleisch