Is the holocaust simply another example of genocide?

Patterns of Prejudice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 3-26

  Levene, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649559755     PISSN: 0031322X     EISSN: 14617331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.1994.9970124     Document Type: Article

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