Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka Explained

Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: the Operation Reinhard Death Camps is a 1987 book by Israeli historian Yitzhak Arad which discusses Operation Reinhard and the extermination camps of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.^{[1] [2]} It was published in Hebrew by Yad Vashem,^[3] and in English by Indiana University Press.^[4] In contrast to Raul Hilberg, Arad paid more attention to the Jewish response to persecution.^[5]

In 1999, Michael Berkowitz noted that "this book no longer represents the cutting edge of scholarship".^[6] As recently as 2019, the book is still being used as the basis of research on the Holocaust.^[7]

Further reading

• Book: Arad . Yitzhak . Yitzhak Arad . The Operation Reinhard Death Camps, Revised and Expanded Edition: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka . 2018 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington . 978-0-253-02530-2 . 1987.

Notes and References

1. News: Marrus . Michael . The Impossible and Unspeakable . 13 February 2020 . The New York Times . 28 June 1987.
2. P. . D. . Review of Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka. The Operation Reinhard Death Camps . Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas . 1989 . 37 . 1 . 155 . 41048255 . 0021-4019.
3. Book: ארד . יצחק . וייץ . יחיעם . ברוורמן . נורית . חבר . יעל . הפתרון הסופי: התגבשות מזימת ההשמדה ומבצע ריינהארד . 1992 . מרכז ההסברה, שירות הפרסומים : יד ושם, רשות הזכרון לשואה ולגבורה . Jerusalem . 30782794 . Hebrew.
4. Book: Yitzhak Arad

   . Arad . Yitzhak . Yitzhak Arad. The Operation Reinhard Death Camps, Revised and Expanded Edition: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka . 2018 . Yad Vashem . 978-0-253-02579-1 . 1045050170 . English.

5. Baron . Lawrence . Review of Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps . The American Historical Review . 1988 . 93 . 2 . 450 . 10.2307/1860005 . 1860005 . 0002-8762.
6. Berkowitz . Michael . Review of Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps . The Historian . 2000 . 63 . 1 . 180–181 . 24450901 . 0018-2370.
7. News: Stone . Lewi . How I measured murder rates during the Holocaust . 13 February 2020 . Times of Israel.