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Saul Friedländer is an Israeli-American historian whose work focuses on Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and historical memory. His two-volume study The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 was published in 2007 and received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The book combines analysis of Nazi policy with accounts and testimony from Jews who experienced persecution and mass murder.
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What is Saul Friedländer's major Holocaust history?
His major work is Nazi Germany and the Jews, a two-volume history covering 1933-1945. The English volumes are The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939, and The Years of Extermination, 1939-1945.
When was The Years of Extermination published?
The English edition of The Years of Extermination appeared in 2007. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2008.
How does Friedländer include victims in his Holocaust history?
He integrates diaries, letters, testimonies, and other Jewish voices into the political and institutional history of Nazi persecution. This keeps the narrative focused on both the machinery of destruction and the experiences of the people targeted by it.
What period does the first volume of Friedländer's history cover?
The Years of Persecution covers Nazi Germany and the Jews from 1933 to 1939. It follows persecution from Hitler's rise to power through exclusionary laws, public violence, and the approach of war.
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