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Berenbaum, Michael Gary was born on July 31, 1945 in Newark. Son of Saul Berenbaum and Rhea Kass.
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Destined to become the standard reference work on one of the most hotly contested issues of World War IICould the Allies have destroyed the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944, saving the lives of tens of thousands of Holocaust victims?Could the Allied forces have cut the railway lines leading to Auschwitz, disrupting the transportation of the Hungarian Jews to their deaths?Or are these questions just speculative exercises in "what if" history, reflecting mostly our concerns, not those of 1944?For years these questions have been debated heatedly by historians, ethicists and military experts (though seldom in the same forum).Inspired by a conference held to mark the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The Bombing of Auschwitz: Should the Allies Have Attempted It? brings together the key contributions to this debate, with new and original articles by eminent historians of World War II and the Holocaust, and a selection of the most important documents and aerial reconnaissance photos from 1944.Among the issues discussed are: How much knowledge of Auschwitz did Allied intelligence agencies have? What British and American aircraft might have been used to carry out attacks against the gas chambers and rail lines, and when would they have come within range? Would bombing missions have had a reasonable chance of success? Would even a successful mission have been a diversion of military forces at a crucial juncture of the war? What about our Soviet ally? Why were the appeals of Jewish groups rejected in 1944?Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and jointly edited by an aerospace historian and an historian of the Holocaust, this book provides a balanced and comprehensive guide to these and other questions, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.Stimulating and easy to read, this book will become an invaluable reference source for general readers, scholars, and students alike.
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(A PROMISE TO REMEMBER is a concise and accessible history...)
A PROMISE TO REMEMBER is a concise and accessible history of the Holocaust presented in an interactive format that includes graphics, detailed sidebars, an audio CD and removable facsimiles of documents from the period. Michael Berenbaum, bestselling author and former director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, provides the powerful narrative. Each chapter addresses a different topic, from the rise of the Nazis to ghettoization, the death camps to liberation. The events are personalised by focusing on the life of someone who was there and survived to tell their story. Many of these same stories appear on the accompanying hour-long CD, allowing us to hear the voices of the survivors as they tell their stories in their own words. Holding the removable documents in their hands and hearing the survivos' voices on the CD, readers will come to better understand a dark chapter in world history. The book's emotional impact and historical depth make it an invaluable tool for both family discussion and one's own understanding of the Holocaust.
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"The World Must Know by Michael Berenbaum is a skillfully organized and clearly told account of the German Holocaust that consumed, with unparalleled malevolence, six million Jews and millions of innocent others―Protestants, Catholics, Poles, Russians, Gypsies, the handicapped, and so many others, adults and children. This important book, a vital guide through the unique corridors of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., merits the widest of audiences."―Chaim Potok, author of The Chosen and The Promise The World Must Know documents the compelling human stories of the Holocaust as told in the renowned permanent exhibition of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Drawing on the museum's extensive collection of artifacts, archives, and eyewitness testimonies, and augmented with more than two hundred period photographs, this book serves as an enduring reminder of the moral obligations of societies and individuals. This revised edition is enhanced with new insights and updates based on archival information that had been inaccessible to researchers until after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist regimes of Eastern and Central Europe. It includes new photographs, redrawn charts, a new section on the Holocaust in Greece, an updated bibliography, and a new foreword by the museum director. Published on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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(50 years after the liberation of the death camps in Nazi ...)
50 years after the liberation of the death camps in Nazi Germany, the former project director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and current director of its Research Institute, compiles a fascinating collection of firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. From the first boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany in 1933 to testimony at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, this illustrated volume includes survivor testimonies, letters, government documents, newspaper reports, diary entries and other firsthand materials, as well as Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum's insightful commentary putting the materials into context. The book's chronologically organized documentary approach provides a unique perspective on this much-published subject, and drawing on the most current research in the field of Holocaust studies, offers readers an unforgettable and engrossing history of the Nazis' largely successful effort to eradicate the Jews and other "undesirables" of Europe.
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Berenbaum, Michael Gary was born on July 31, 1945 in Newark. Son of Saul Berenbaum and Rhea Kass.
Student, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1963—1967. Student, Hebrew University, 1965—1966. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Queens College, 1967.
Postgraduate, Boston University, 1967—1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Religion and Culture, Florida State University, 1975. Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa), Narazeth College, Rochester, New York, 1995.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dennison University, 2000.
Instructor department philosophy and religion Colby-Sawyer College, 1969—1971. Adjunct assistant professor religion, Jewish chaplain Wesleyan University, 1973—1980. Associate professorial lecturer department religion George Washington University, 1981—1983.
Opinion page editor Washington Jewish Week, 1983—1986, acting editor, 1985. Senior scholar Religious Action Center, 1986—1988. Hymen Goldman professor theology Georgetown University, 1983—1997.
Research fellow United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1987—1988, project director, 1988—1993, director United States Holocaust Research Institute, 1993—1997. President, Chief Executive Officer Survivors of Shoah Visual History Foundation, 1997—1999. Professor theology University Judaism, since 1998.
Ida E. King distinguished visiting scholar of the Holocaust Richard Stockton College, 1999—2000. President Berenbaum Group, since 1999. Director Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, since 2002.
Adjunct professor Judaic studies American University, 1987. Associate director-Zachor Holocaust Resource Center, 1978. Deputy director President Commission on Holocaust, 1979—1980.
Visiting professor Hebrew Studies University Maryland, 1983. Associate Gannett Center Media Studies Columbia University.
(Destined to become the standard reference work on one of ...)
( "The World Must Know by Michael Berenbaum is a skillfu...)
(A PROMISE TO REMEMBER is a concise and accessible history...)
(50 years after the liberation of the death camps in Nazi ...)
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Fellow: Society Values in Higher Education.
Married Linda Bayer, August 25, 1968 (divorced July 1992). Children: Ilana, Lev. Married Melissa Patack, June 25, 1995.
Children: Joshua, Mira.