The Holocaust, Religion, and the Politics of Collective Memory: Beyond Sociology

“[Berger] aims to integrate the study of the Holocaust into the wider sociological study of genocide, and the way such events are handled and remembered. . . . The author is particularly interested in the question of why the Jews were singled out by the Nazis. This then becomes the basis for tracing the impact of the Holocaust on historical memory not just among Jews in Israel, but also among others, such as non-Jewish Poles, Germans, and Americans. . . . Recommended.” —K. Kumar, Choice