Rosenbaum Chapter 16

German historiography and German historians views about the Holocaust have evolved since 1945.  In the aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust, German historians needed to take a step back to obtain an objective and "honest" viewpoint of what happened, how it happened, and why did it happen?  From the end of WWII to 1957 very little was produced by German historians in regards to the "Final solution."  However, the next decade German historians produced several works devoted to and addressing the Holocaust.  The 1970's and 1980's saw very little in regards to the Holocaust by German historians.  Recently,  the study of Holocaust has once again become a hot topic of study.

What was behind these trends of study?

Are there political and ideological reasons behind the study of the Holocaust?