Primary Sources: Genocide & the Holocaust: General Sources

: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses

Volume 3 contains primary sources

Primary documents are available at the end of the Encyclopedia.

“... draws together significant U.S. and international primary source documents—including excerpts from newspaper articles, speeches, relevant treaties and other legal documents, and scientific reports.”

Offers a large number of documents relating to various genocides, demonstrating the multifaceted nature of this crime in various settings. Presents the reader with an analysis of each document to help contextualize and explain it. Allows documents to "speak for themselves," setting out the parameters of genocide, what events actually occurred, and what was done afterwards. Provides a short list of further reading at the conclusion of each document to assist readers looking to further research the topic.

Documents are located in the appendix.

see volume 4 for primary sources