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The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed

byWendy Lower

Focused on a Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed, The Ravine brings Wendy Lower's historical account to a complex and consequential subject. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

256

ISBN

9780544828698