Center have been a continual source of encouragement and friendship--es-
pecially the late Shirley Tanzer, Goldie Stampfer, Don Sevetson, Elaine
Bachrach-Coughlin, Morton Shapiro, Charmaine Lindsay, Harry Turtle-
dove, Abby Layton, Dr. Merritt Linn, Mara Schlacter, and Debbie Montrose.
Professors Al Friedman and Nira Levine, both of Pacific University, have
been generous supporters, mentors, and advisors for nearly two decades.
They have enriched my life and the lives of their many students in countless
unselfish ways. Professor Robert P. Ericksen, of Olympic College, author
of Theologians Under Hitler, was extremely helpful in the late stages of
completing the book. Norma Henry, the longtime Administrative Assistant
of the Humanities Division at Pacific University, simply keeps my life up
and running, as organized as it can be for one who is habitually disorganized.
Trista Cornelius was my research assistant after her sophomore year at
Pacific and cheerfully, patiently followed along with the vicissitudes of
being involved with two or three very different writing projects. Kara Moore
and Angie Martin assisted greatly in preparing the final manuscript. I wish
to thank the series editors, Carol Rittner and John Roth. It has been a
privilege to enjoy their support and encouragement. Greenwood's senior
editor, Peter Coveney, has been another source of motivation and insight.
Elisabetta Linton, the production editor, has performed her difficult work
in a remarkably gentle, wise fashion. Special thanks to all of you.

I should like to acknowledge our children (Erica, Jared, Matthew, and
Sean)--I love them beyond measure. One cannot write about the Holocaust
without concerns for children reverberating throughout the process. Finally,
I am deeply indebted to my wonderful life partner, Gerianne Gayle Steele,
for her steadfast support, quiet strength, and abiding love.

This has been an emotionally exhausting, intellectually humbling task.
The field covered in this study is so extensive that it crossed my mind that
I must be guilty of the sin of pride even to think that it could be encompassed.
I urge readers to be charitable with the finished product, to take it as a
starting point in a much-needed dialogue. My esteemed mentors and
colleagues have added incredible dimensions of insight to the project. The
failures, the weaknesses, the lacunae are my own.

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