The Seventh Million

A Ha’aretz columnist sheds critical light on the complex relationship between Israel and the Holocaust in this “frank and eye-opening” history ( The New York Times Book Review ). The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified documents, Tom Segev reconsiders the major struggles and personalities of Israel’s past, including David Ben-Gurion, Menachem