One, by One, by One: Facing the Holocaust

When Judith Miller's classic was published, I'll admit I had other things pressing besides the Holocaust. However, this book is a classic, and should be read by anyone interested in the Holocaust, Shoah, SS, World War II, Jewish history and culture. It documents, country by country, complicity of many nations besides Germany and the Third Reich in the Holocaust. It is well documented and not difficult reading. I went back to Ms. Miller's book after seeing an exhibition in Berlin at the German History Museum entitled "Myths of the Nations"--that is, the myths developed in many of these countries of ways in which they supposedly helped Jews, or did not participate in the Holocaust. In other words, 60 years after the end of World War II, the Holocaust is not an historical issue, it has currency--not only for the Jewish victims, but also for the political prisoners, POWs sent to slave labor camps (see, e.g., the PBS Documentary "Berga"). This book is as hot today as it was the day it was published--and I highly recommend it for the reasons above.