Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Structures, Players, and Processes
- Part II Times and Places
- 12 Ghettos and Other Confined Spaces of Jewish Life in Nazi-Dominated Europe
- 13 German and Local Violence in the Balkans
- 14 Forced Migration, Flight, and Refuge in the West
- 15 “War of Annihilation” in the Occupied Soviet Union, 1941–1942
- 16 Neighbors and Killing in the East
- 17 “Aktion Reinhardt” and the Murder of the Polish Jews
- 18 Collaboration in German-Dominated Western Europe
- 19 Deportations from Central and Western Europe
- 20 Remaining Jewish Spaces and Their Liquidation, 1942–1944
- 21 “Operation Höss”: Auschwitz and the Murder of the Hungarian Jews
- 22 Death Marches of Camp Inmates and German Atrocities at the War’s End
- 23 German Agency and the Holocaust as a European Project
- Index
- References
21 - “Operation Höss”: Auschwitz and the Murder of the Hungarian Jews
from Part II - Times and Places
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Structures, Players, and Processes
- Part II Times and Places
- 12 Ghettos and Other Confined Spaces of Jewish Life in Nazi-Dominated Europe
- 13 German and Local Violence in the Balkans
- 14 Forced Migration, Flight, and Refuge in the West
- 15 “War of Annihilation” in the Occupied Soviet Union, 1941–1942
- 16 Neighbors and Killing in the East
- 17 “Aktion Reinhardt” and the Murder of the Polish Jews
- 18 Collaboration in German-Dominated Western Europe
- 19 Deportations from Central and Western Europe
- 20 Remaining Jewish Spaces and Their Liquidation, 1942–1944
- 21 “Operation Höss”: Auschwitz and the Murder of the Hungarian Jews
- 22 Death Marches of Camp Inmates and German Atrocities at the War’s End
- 23 German Agency and the Holocaust as a European Project
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter critically reflects on the centrality of Auschwitz in public Holocaust discourse and addresses the site’s transformation after 1942 as the main killing site for Hungarian Jews; engages the specificities of Auschwitz compared with other German concentration and extermination camps; and discusses the role and interests of German and Hungarian authorities in driving these late deportations against the background of Hungarian pre-occupation anti-Jewish policy.
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- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 493 - 519Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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