Introduction ; Part 1. "the Holocaust" ; "The Holocaust" in the eyes of historians : the problem of conceptualization, periodization, and explanation ; Appendix. Historians in the 1990s ; The Jewish dimension of the Holocaust : the context of modern Jewish history ; Part 2. The "final solution" ; The "final solution to the Jewish question", its emergence and implementation : the state of research and its implications for other issues in Holocaust research ; Part 3. Fascism and National-Socialism ; What distinguishes fascism from Nazism? : Dutch fascism before and during the Holocaust as a test case ; Italian fascism and the Jewish fate in ther Holocaust : additional remarks on the difference between fascism and Nazism ; Part 4. Judenrat ; Jewish "headships" under Nazi rule : the evolution and implementation of an administrative concept ; Part 5. Relief, rescue, foresight ; Elucidation of the concept of "rescue during the Holocaust" ; Ze'ev (Vladimir Jabotinsky : the "evacuation plan" and the problem of foreseeing the Holocaust ; Appendix. Jabotinsky's cable in the wake of Kristallnacht ; Part 6. Resistance ; Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and its significance : theoretical observations ; Part 7. Religious jewry and the Jewish religion ; Jewish religious life under Nazi domination : nazi attitudes and Jewish problems ; Daily life of the religious Jew under Holocaust conditions ; "In faithfulness thou hast afflicted me: (Psalms 119:75) : remarks on trends in religious faith during the Holocaust ; Part 8. Holocaust and rebirth ; The casual relationship between the Holocaust and the birth of Israel : historiography between myth and reality ; Appendix. On the definition of "She'erit Hapletah" ; Part 9t. Holocaust historiography : history and problems ; Research on the Holocaust : a history of ther discipline from a bird's-eye view ; One theme, multiple voices : language and culture in Holocaust research ; Research on "Zionism vis-à-vis the Holocaust" : polemics, problems and terminology ; Index