**FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2026'Remarkable' GUARDIAN**'Anyone disturbed and frightened by our current moral and intellectual morass should read it' PANKAJ MISHRAA leading genocide scholar explores the history of Zionism, Israel’s lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanityProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and ser...

A leading Israeli American scholar of the Holocaust explores and explains his native country's intensifying turn toward violence and exclusion.The distinguished historian Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country.In Israel: What Went Wrong?, B...

«Quando se mantém uma população de mais de dois milhões de pessoas sob cerco ao longo de dezasseis anos, amontoadas numa estreita faixa de terra, com profundas carências de emprego, saneamento básico, alimentação e água, energia, educação, sem esperanças ou perspetivas de futuro, como não esperar surtos de violência cada vez mais desesperados e brutais?»Omer Bartov procura responder à questão sem deixar de considerar o bárbaro ataque do Hamas, mas também sem, frontalmente, deixar d...

"While attempts to come to terms with past catastrophe... can help prevent its recurrence, they may also provide arguments for... actions against the real or imagined perpetrators of previous disasters. The confrontation with... catastrophe can help us understand the roots and nature of this century's destructive urges, as well as humanity's extraordinary recuperative capacities; but it can also legitimize the perpetuation of violence and aggression."—from the IntroductionOmer Bart...

A leading Israeli American scholar of the Holocaust explores and explains his native country's intensifying turn toward violence and exclusion.The distinguished historian Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country.In Israel: What Went Wrong?, B...

Neste breve ensaio, Omer Bartov destaca, com clareza, as concepções jurídicas que, no quadro internacional, permitem distinguir entre crimes de guerra, limpeza étnica, crimes contra a humanidade e genocídio.Ao considerar os acontecimentos recentes em Gaza, logo após o condenável ataque do Hamas, que desencadeou a reacção militar das Forças Armadas de Israel e uma escalada de violência contra os palestinos na Cisjordânia, o historiador analisa algumas das declarações públicas e extr...

**The story of the diverse communities of Eastern Europe’s borderlands in the centuries prior to World War II“A powerful combination of history and personal memoir . . . A richly contextual, skillfully woven historical study.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)**Focusing on the former province of Galicia, this book tells the story of Europe’s eastern borderlands, stretching from the Baltic to the Balkans, through the eyes of the diverse communities of migrants who set...

Brought to you by Penguin.A leading genocide scholar explores the history of Zionism, Israel’s lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanityProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become an expert on the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native countr...

War endlessly tries to mask itself. The myth of the heroic soldier testing his individual courage stands in stark contrast to the reality of mass, anonymous death and the suppression of individual actions. Murder in Our Midst shows that this fundamental tension reached its natural conclusion in the Holocaust, and that disguising it has required an ongoing effort to misrepresent war and the Holocaust as something other than industrial killing. Examining a broad range of the represe...

Στο βιβλίο ο Omer Bartov σκιαγραφεί τη µεταµόρφωση του σιωνισµού, ενός κινήµατος που επιδίωκε να απελευθερώσει τον ευρωπαϊκό εβραϊσµό από την καταπίεση, σε µια κρατική ιδεολογία εθνονασιοναλισµού.Πώς είναι δυνατόν, διερωτάται, ένα κράτος που ιδρύθηκε αµέσως µετά το Ολοκαύτωµα και το οποίο νοµιµοποίησε την ιδέα µιας εθνικής εστίας για τους Εβραίους να κατηγορείται για τη διάπραξη εγκληµάτων πολέµου µεγάλης κλίµακας;Πώς µπορούµε να συµφιλιωθούµε µε το γεγονός ότι ο καταστροφικό...

Este libro desafía con éxito la idea predominante según la cual el ejército alemán de la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue una fuerza de combate apolítica, profesional y que tenía poco que ver con el Partido Nacionalsocialista. La obra se centra en la titánica lucha entre Alemania y la Unión Soviética para mostrar como el salvajismo de la guerra moldeó el ejército a imagen y semejanza de Hitler.Bartov explora magistralmente cartas, diarios, informes militares y otras fuentes, mostrando co...

In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. What begins as a deeply personal chronicle of the Holocaust in his mother's hometown of Buchach--in former Eastern Galicia--carries him on a journey across the region and back through history. This poignant travelogue reveals the complete erasure of the Jews and their removal from publ...