The Holocaust

An Unfinished History

By: Dan Stone

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Published to acclaim in the UK, an authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust that “shatters many myths about the Nazis’ genocide” (Sunday Times), from one of the leading scholars of his generation.

“A stunning, original, concise analysis. … Masterful.” —Wendy Lower, author of Hitler’s Furies

The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.

Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust, this sweeping history deepens our understanding. Dan Stone—Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London—reveals how the idea of “industrial murder” is incomplete: many were killed where they lived in the most brutal of ways. He outlines the depth of collaboration across Europe, arguing persuasively that we need to stop thinking of the Holocaust as an exclusively German project. He also considers the nature of trauma the Holocaust engendered, and why Jewish suffering has yet to be fully reckoned with. And he makes clear that the kernel to understanding Nazi thinking and action is genocidal ideology, providing a deep analysis of its origins.

Drawing on decades of research, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History upends much of what we think we know about the Holocaust. Stone draws on Nazi documents, but also on diaries, post-war testimonies, and even fiction, urging that, in our age of increasing nationalism and xenophobia, it is vital that we understand the true history of the Holocaust.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 Dan Stone (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Clear history. Broad understanding

The understanding of the European antisemitism and its implications for the
Holocaust review of the extent of the problem in pre war Europe.

Important work hampered by performance

Truly an important piece of non fiction, however the narrator is a bit dull, which isn't a huge issue, but also tends to slur words together which makes me constantly rewinding in order to catch what was said.

Heartbreaking Truth

This book recounts the real breadth and depth of the unspeakable. For all I’ve read about the Holocaust, there was still much I needed to learn. I’m still crying….

Really good.

I learned a lot. Somehow, despite the horrors, an easy listen. Will listen again, might even look for a paperback.

One of the best NF books I've ever listened to

This was so well structured and read.. Beautiful prose. So many things I've never heard about the holocaust.

History is never finished

The Holocaust is such a large event in history, and now, 80 years since it happened, it is a worthy moment to recall it. The irony of it all and the cruelty of it all. And now, 80 years later, history warps around and new wars, in and around the lands where the Holocaust occurred, and in Israel, where many of the displaced survivors of that terrible time would go, and the new wars in Gaza there now. Yes, it is unfinished history.

important read

despite having read a lot about the holocaust this book clarified a lot and made me feel that holocaust should be on the conscience of the whole world..... and todays antisemitism seems like a logical extension.... the reader is monotonous and dull and if the topic was not so important would have returned the book after barely a chapter.....

Remembrance is Not Enough

This book is a wonder to behold. The author tells a story of the holocaust in all of its ugly aspects. He laid a foundation that caused me to question not only what I know about the historical events between 1930 and today, but to see that until we reject the very foundation of the holocaust, until we see that these atrocities could not have happened without the cooperation of governments and individuals, we are just doing so to make us feel better, not to change or prevent them in the future.. The actions that allowed the historical events that we remember in our museums and programs are insufficient until we recognize that we harbor inside ourselves the seeds of the next one. Listen to this fine history if you want to be challenged and if you want to seek a deeper understanding of what we need to do to prevent it from happening again, because it is happening everyday somewhere in our world.