ABSTRACT
The introduction highlights the importance of historical theory in historiography by giving a summary of its evolution in the last two centuries. The postmodern theory of history, which constituted its last cohesive theoretical development, has posed questions to historians that were particularly difficult to find adequate responses. However, the challenges of postmodernism and its – even limited – influence on the historical community also allowed historians to evolve their methodologies and become more able to grasp and represent demanding historical events like the Holocaust. Following this general summary of the book’s topic, there follow short summaries of the individual parts and chapters.
