Sign-In
Cart
To Redeem History: Real-Time Orthodox Responses to the Holocaust
Hardcover
General World HistoryHolocaust
Publisher Price: $49.99
ISBN13: 9789653087170
Publisher: Yad Vashem Publications
Published: Apr 1 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
How did orthodox Jews during the Holocaust give meaning to their tragic fate and continue to believe in God?
Why? What was our sin that the punishment is so severe? We debated this question more than once in Belsen. Philosophizing Jews attempted to delve deeply into the truth and grasp the course of events. All the debates ended with an ancient conclusion: God's ways in running the world are inestimably beyond anything a mortal can understand. Ephraim Londner, postwar.
The harrowing events of the Holocaust were a stark confrontation between Nazi perpetrators and their Jewish victims. As the catastrophe unfolded, thinkers from different streams of Orthodox Judaism grappled with its meaning, offering profound theological interpretations to unimaginable suffering.
To Redeem History gives voice to these Orthodox rabbinic authorities, tracing how they responded as events progressed. How did Orthodox thinkers react to the unprecedented persecution witnessed before the war? Did their views shift as conditions worsened? And how did they interpret the Holocaust in its painful aftermath? Drawing from each Orthodox stream's distinct beliefs and traditions, their interpretations were shaped by key recurring themes: the ancient enemy Amalek, ideas of self-sacrifice and martyrdom, hopes of redemption, and the roles of silence, blame, and divine judgment.
Opening a window into the spiritual world of the past, To Redeem History reveals the depth and resilience of faith that sustained Orthodox Jews during this dark chapter. In doing so, it not only preserves and commemorates these powerful religious responses but also offers the possibility of reawakening this spiritual legacy for generations to come.
Also from
Greenberg, Gershon
Siddur Hatefillah: The Jewish Prayer Book. Philosophy, Poetry, and Mystery
Schweid, Eliezer
Paperback
Siddur Hatefillah: The Jewish Prayer Book. Philosophy, Poetry, and Mystery
Schweid, Eliezer
Hardcover
Also in
Holocaust
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
Eichler, Jeremy
Hardcover
The Devil's Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
Wittman, Robert K.
Kinney, David
Paperback
The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII
El-Hai, Jack
Paperback
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Larson, Erik
Paperback
Conversations with an Executioner: 255 Days Imprisoned with the Nazi Who Destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto
Moczarski, Kazimierz
Paperback
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising
Hyman, Elizabeth R.
Paperback
Memories of a Good Meal: Recipes of Resilience Inspired by Stories of World War II Survival
Hersh, June
Shaya, Alon
Hardcover
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Browning, Christopher R.
Paperback
The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany--And the Spy Who Betrayed Them
Freedland, Jonathan
Hardcover
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Adlington, Lucy
Paperback
Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History
O'Reilly, Bill
Dugard, Martin
Paperback
Resisting Nazism: True Stories of Resistance to the World's Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present
Berryman, Luke
Hardcover
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
Young, Michelle
Paperback
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Finkelstein, Norman G.
Paperback
Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival during the Holocaust
Steinhorn, Pauline
Paperback
Little Edna's War: A True Story of Resistance and Hope. A Gripping WWII page-turner
Bond Brill, Janet
Paperback
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts That Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
Borger, Julian
Paperback
My Struggle: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kampf
Murphy, James
Mein Kampf, Kamphf English Kampt
Hitler, Adolf
Paperback
The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
Mazzeo, Tilar J.
Paperback
It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust
Bettina, Elizabeth
Paperback
Transforming Darkness Into Light: A Holocaust Survivor's Lessons in Fighting Hate
Lazowski, Philip
Hardcover
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Freedland, Jonathan
Paperback
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Larson, Erik
Hardcover
The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie Ten Boom
Loftis, Larry
Paperback
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
Moorehead, Caroline
Paperback
Was it Just a Matter of Luck?: A Family, the Holocaust, and the Founding of a Museum
Kaner, Charles
Hardcover
Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art
Wilentz, Abigail
Loebl, Suzanne
Hardcover
On Both Sides of the Wall: A Resistance Fighter's Firsthand Account of the Warsaw Ghetto
Meed, Vladka
Meed, Steven D.
Hardcover
The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope
Brabant, Malcolm
Friedman, Tova
Paperback
On Sunny Days We Sang: A Holocaust Story of Survival and Resilience
Grunhaus de Gelman, Jeannette
Paperback
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Van Iperen, Roxane
Paperback
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia
Brill, Julie
Paperback
Little Edna's War: A True story of Resistance and Hope. A Gripping WWII page-turner
Bond Brill, Janet
Hardcover
Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice
Gordon, Gregory S.
Hardcover
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
Fairweather, Jack
Paperback
Trilogía de la Noche: La Noche, El Alba, El Día (Memorias) / The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, and Day (a Memoir)
Wiesel, Elie
Paperback
The Swimmer of Auschwitz: The Incredible True Story of the Olympic Hero Who Swam for His Life
Leblond, Renaud
Paperback
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Batalion, Judy
Paperback
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Gies, Miep
Gold, Alison Leslie
Paperback
The Shortest History of Germany: From Roman Frontier to the Heart of Europe - A Retelling for Our Times
Hawes, James
Paperback
The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-And-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps
Heger, Heinz
Paperback
Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival during the Holocaust
Steinhorn, Pauline
Hardcover
50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission Into the Heart of Nazi Germany
Pressman, Steven
Paperback
A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
Unreich, Rachelle
Paperback
The Survivor: How I Made It Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
Lewkowicz, Josef
Hardcover
Shores Beyond Shores: From Holocaust to Hope - A Bergen-Belsen Survivor's True Story
Butter, Irene Hasenberg
Bidwell, John D.
Holloway, Kris
Paperback
El Diario de Anne Frank (Novela Gráfica) / Anne Frank's Dairy: The Graphic Adaptation
Frank, Anne
Hardcover
The Dutchman's Suitcase: A young man's story of wartime forced labour in Nazi Germany
Seltzer, Brad &. Elisabeth
Paperback
The Traitors Circle: The Rebels Against the Nazis--And the Spy Who Betrayed Them
Freedland, Jonathan
Paperback
By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream
Grunfeld, Dan
Paperback
Living among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength
Bernstein Astrowsky, Adena
Paperback
Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II
Childers, Thomas
Paperback
Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm
Friedman, Michelle
Paperback
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Erbelding, Rebecca
Paperback
Lily's Promise: Holding on to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond--A Story for All Generations
Forman, Dov
Ebert, Lily
Paperback
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Hellinger, Magda
Lee, Maya
Paperback