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Who is considered the founding father of Holocaust Studies?

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Raul Hilberg is considered the founding father of Holocaust Studies. His book, "The Destruction of the European Jews", published in 1961, was the first comprehensive study of the Holocaust. Hilberg argued that the Holocaust was not simply the result of individual acts of evil, but was a systematic and bureaucratic process that involved the cooperation of many people.
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