The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945

Saul Friedländer (born October 11, 1932, in Prague) is a Czech-born Jewish historian who survived the Holocaust in hiding in France after his parents were killed at Auschwitz. He immigrated to Israel in 1948, served in the IDF, held political roles including assistant to Shimon Peres, and pursued an academic career, earning a PhD in Geneva (1963), teaching at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and Geneva before becoming Professor of History at UCLA in 1988 (now emeritus). His notable works include the two-volume Nazi Germany and the Jews, with the second volume (The Years of Extermination) winning the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, along with other awards like the Israel Prize (1983) and Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (2007). Read more →