A Histoy of the Holocaust

Did Hitler want a Germany that was free of Jews or was his master plan simply to wipe all Jews off the face of the Earth? It is this question that gives rise to the debate of whether Hitler held an intentionalist or a functionalist ideology. The arguments in favor of intentionalism insist that Hitler’s intent, even before the war, was to systematically and effectively annihilate the Jewish population from the world. On the other side of this argument is Functionalism. This ideology holds that Hitler did not set out to annihilate the Jews but that the ridding of their race arose, not from a previously devised plan, but evolved due to many factors over the

Ms. Botwinick is extremely successful in proving the arguments that she presents in her book. She goes about this by supplying ample supporting research for each of her points. The success of the book is not, however, due to her proving her points. It is due to the fact that she presents an unbiased and effective account of many sources of research. She is not afraid to supply information that may seem to contradict her original point. She simply states her stance on the issue and provides all the necessary information to support her stance and explain why the other bits of information do not contradict her arguments but only serve to strengthen them.

course of the war. Botwinick argues that Hitler did want to rid Germany of the Jewish race but, that the systematic killing of every Jew was not his initial plan. Thus, she reluctantly sides with the functionalist argument. She does, however, cite evidence that at times contradicts this viewpoint.

Bothwinick, Rita S. A History of the Holocaust: From Ideology to Annihilation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001

Another strong argument made in the book is the fact that religious organizations as a whole did not take a strong or unified stance towards the situation in Germany. Both the Catholic and Protestant churches refused to pay the Holocaust the attention that it obviously deserved. They refused to make statement s that would show that they had knowledge of what was happening and never engaged in any real opposition until the final days of the war. The religious c

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